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20+ years in Asia here. Have run many sites/apps and filled in many forms. Here is what you do: Full name field. (Optional) Title field. (Optional) Display nam
by contingencies 3y ago
20+ years in Asia here. Have run many sites/apps and filled in many forms. Here is what you do:
Full name field.
(Optional) Title field.
(Optional) Display name preference.
(Super optional) Allow the user to duplicate ALL of these fields for EACH IANA/ISO language, eg. many people may have a Chinese or Thai name and also a separate English name with zero relation.
Read https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-... and note there is an unwritten set of similar fallacies regarding signatures, plus an addresses version at https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses/ https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-a...