Best practices for international web forms  Nobody likes filling
out forms. They are a constant source of frustration for
consumers, but even more so when they fail to take account of
the various idiosyncrasies in name and addressing conventions
used all over the world.  I have come across countless examples
where the web form has been designed without the user’s country
in mind.   Simple, silly mistakes that could easily be fixed end
up costing businesses millions in lost revenue.  Over the last
few years there has been a phenomenal interest in providing
services to international markets.  With over 240 countries, 130
postal address formats, almost 40 different personal name
formats, 6,500 languages, and over 40 scripts, accommodating for
each and every customer is by no means easy.  Attempting to
collate international address data from respondents in different
countries on to forms that weren’t purpose-built to suit the
differing requirements of individual countries is like trying to
fit a square peg into a