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> This is compounded by those location drop-downs, Where United States is always in the special top slot This used to be the case, but it seems to be becoming
by jsjohnst 5y ago
> This is compounded by those location drop-downs, Where United States is always in the special top slot
This used to be the case, but it seems to be becoming rare. It’s really annoying actually as alphabetically United States is way down in the list. This is how IP geolocation should be used imho, bubble up the probable location(s) to the top of the list, but DON’T assume the geo is right without asking.
- zarzavat 5y agoWhile we are complaining about this, can we all agree that using plain <select> for country is an anti pattern. There should be a fuzzy search. So many times I have to search for my country under United Kingdom UK Britain Great Britain England Only to find that it was “Great Britain” but collated in the B’s amongst Bhutan and Belgium, etc.
- logifail 5y ago> So many times I have to search for my country under [...] It's even better when you have to explain this specific oddity in a foreign language. Try politely explaining to a German consular official that they probably need to look in their system's drop-down box under 'V' for 'Vereinigtes* Königreich' [UK] (instead of 'E' for 'England' or indeed 'G' for 'Großbritannien' [GB]) as they are attempting to enter passport details... * 'United', in German...
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