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So after reading that, and considering even the author says there's probably no system where names are handled right, then I'll just stick to first/middle/last.
by moomoo11 2y ago
So after reading that, and considering even the author says there's probably no system where names are handled right, then I'll just stick to first/middle/last.
If I get customers in the future where enough members have different names, I can deal with it later. Considering 95% or more of my users probably will not have this issue, I think I'll stick to what I have right now. Since my use case revolves around getting names right, I will stick to the country's system. For example, canada also uses first/middle/last.
Thank you! That was a interesting article.
- JohnFen 2y agoWhat I consider the important takeaway of the article is that whatever system you use (aside from a freeform field) won't cover all cases and so the sanity-checking you perform on the names has to be very lenient. For instance, if you go first/middle/last, you should accept names that have empty strings for any of those components.