undefined | Better HN

0 pointsmort962y ago0 comments

I literally moved away from Namecheap when they did a UI redesign many years ago. Their old control panel was ugly but functional. Their new one looked much more "modern", but was way less information dense, and they introduced jank and made stuff take more clicks and hid stuff behind collapsed-by-default menus iirc.

They also made their billing details UI no longer accept the letter "ø". The billing details UI which made clear the importance of making sure the name you enter matches the name on the card. And the name on my card happens to contain an "ø". That doesn't exactly instil confidence.

0 comments

usr11062y ago

Interesting, your passport cannot contain an ø (in the machine readable part). What is the allowed character set for names on a credit card?

qingcharles2y ago

That's interesting. I'd never thought of it before. I just tried to find images, but can't find any example credit cards with non "Roman" lettering, just like passports.

It sucks because the transliterations for some languages are so far off the native pronunciations.

mort96OP2y ago

Well, my credit and debit cards have my actual name printed on them, "ø" and everything.

anshorei2y ago

> transliterations for some languages are so far off the native pronunciations

in fact the latin transliteration for English is off from the native pronunciation

costco2y ago

You probably already know this but there's no way for them to verify name on card. They can only verify address with AVS.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse