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Only if it's a shared beginning. It's a little less useful when you're searching for Ireland, Republic of Ireland, or occasionally Éire.
by Macha 3y ago
Only if it's a shared beginning.
It's a little less useful when you're searching for Ireland, Republic of Ireland, or occasionally Éire.
- red_admiral 3y agoOr if I'm not sure whether the box uses England, United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (yes I've seen this spelled out once). Sigh.
- sph 3y agoYou forgot "Britain". So it's unclear whether we should look for words starting with B, E, G or U. And there's also the case of dropdowns putting some most frequent countries at the top, so you spend ages scrolling to find the correct spelling, when listed above "Afghanistan". Also fun when you're given flag emojis to choose from, sorted by country name, and you don't know which of UK/GB/EN they have used to sort with, and whether you should look for St. George's cross or the Union Jack.