[Sigia-l] What do you call Mr Miss Ms

[Chris Chandler]

Livia Labate wrote:

> > Is Mr/Miss/Ms/Mrs called a title, a salutation or some other name?
> 
> A little bit off this topic, but I always wonder why some International Web
> sites ingore the fact that international users use entirely different
> honorific/titles. Sr./Mdm. (Senhor, Senhora, Senor, Senora, Madamme...)
> etc... The cultural context seems to pass content developers by sometimes.
> Does anyone know of any articles or anything that discusses this subject?


Here is a pretty good essay which recommends using optional, free text fields for the "courtesy title".

Courtesy Titles: their proper use and website design guidelines 
http://www.siliconglen.com/usability/courtesytitles.html

I also like this, more general piece:

Usable forms for an international audience
http://www.evolt.org/article/rating/4090/15118/

-cc