How do people in places where last names are ordered before first names like to see names displayed in their software applications? A large part of the software product on which I work is a database of people's names. We display these names in a number of contexts. We have some hard coded rules for people working in other langauges - if the user is working in Japanese - order the name fields Last Name, First Name. We're thinking about making this more configurable.
The first question I have is whether people in places where a person is addressed "Last Name, First Name" want to see that same order if the person being addressed is from a place that uses "First Name, Last Name". Is this usually tied to a language - or a culture. Does a person using the application in Japanese, but operating out of the US with mostly US contacts want to see Last Name, First Name or the other way around?
The first question I have is whether people in places where a person is addressed "Last Name, First Name" want to see that same order if the person being addressed is from a place that uses "First Name, Last Name". Is this usually tied to a language - or a culture. Does a person using the application in Japanese, but operating out of the US with mostly US contacts want to see Last Name, First Name or the other way around?
