I would just like to endorse the following points: - Post/postal code rather than zip (in Australia it's a postcode - zip just sounds American) - There are codes with alpha characters, not just numeric - Some codes have spaces in them - Some countries don't have codes (e.g. New Zealand, which until recently didn't use them at all. I believe they have just reinstated them officially but they haven't quite caught on with the general population.
I have toyed with the idea of a single entry field for postal addresses that are being used just for posting things. Something along the lines of this: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000532.html. I think the big stumbling block is that you often want the address for other things too. I've also written an article on names around the world, expanding on Richard Ishida's post (submitted earlier). It's proven very popular - you can find here: http://formulate.com.au/articles/the-name-riddle/ The other thing you need to think about (yes, international forms with address questions are a pain) is state/province/county/region etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24266 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
