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Write a signup form that takes the following information

1) person's name 2) their address 3) their email address

This form must

1) meet or exceed WCAG AA 2.1 2) handle people from all over the world 3) only allow valid inputs

If you've never done this before you will think it easy. If you have you will know that it's nearly impossible. This is web development btw.

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The apostrophe in my last name taught me a lot about how bad the average web form is at names early on.

I've also had registered domains turn the box red with "Please enter a valid email address" as if it needed to end in .(com|org|edu|gov)

I’ve had “please enter a valid email address “ even though my email address is valid and ends in .com. Some people have terrible validation.

3) is not possible given the other two, since there is no worldwide consensus on what is a valid name or address. Often developers over-constrain the inputs without good reason.

"Without good reason" as if the recipient won't call you stupid for letting such an "obviously invalid" name/address through.

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