Patrick Nagel wrote: > Hi Kris, > > On Tuesday 15 July 2008 00:44:27 Kris Steinhoff wrote: >> I've submitted a patch (http://trac.roundcube.net/ticket/1485212) that >> gives RoundCube the ability to dynamically generate a contact's >> display name by concatenating the first and last name fields and it >> also eliminates the separate display name field. > > A lot of people actually prefer reading a name (and being called so) "last > name first name" [1]. > > It may also happen that an address book contains both entries of people who > prefer to be called "first name last name" *and* people who are used to being > called "last name first name" - so there is a reason for having a display > name > field.
I also find it common that my users put nicknames in the Display Name rather than any combination of first or last. For instance, they might put "Bobby" in the display name, but "Robert Blahblah" in the first/last field. I wouldn't want to see "Display Name" go away entirely, but having it automatically populated (if blank) from First and Last is a good idea. Jim _______________________________________________ List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/
