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I hate it more when the US is added as a privileged spot at the top.
I mean i’ve implemented where it shows the current country’s connection at the top. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If we put California at the top on the state selectors some people would flip their shit. Same thing.
Really I’m just happy to be at an end. Nigerians have it rough there.
Cheer up, it will be the Divided States soon enough, closer to the top!
What’s worse is not knowing if it’s going to be (E)ngland, (G)reat Britain or the (U)nited Kingdom. I always scroll to the wrong point on the list first
And then, surprise! It’s a UK company so they artificially put it at the TOP of the alphabetical list, but you didn’t notice it before you scrolled everywhere else first.
Same here, is it going to be (H)olland, (T)he Netherlands or (N)etherlands, with the minor inconvenience of (N)ederland.
Similarly, sometimes forms use foreign countries’ English names, and sometimes the native names. Pretty annoying as a German.
And a special “screw you” to any UI devs that don’t use the native behavior when typing letters while focused on a select field.
Plot Twist: The site designer is Chinese and its now (Y)英国 [YingGuo/England]
Or (B)ritain? Once I even found (T)he UK, which I only discovered by searching the page source.
Most forms will let you type the letters to jump in the list. You’re welcome!
Some don’t. And the devs that implement those should be publicly shamed in pillories.
Worst thing is that that usually cost more effort.
It should be America, United States
Zimbabwe has the advantage of being at the bottom of the list, so you just scroll all the way down and click.
It’s the same advantage as having a Volvo.
but what if I’ve imported a Ukranian ZAZ?
Then you wouldn’t be shopping for parts, you’d be shopping for a junk removal service
Of course a lot of these, particularly this with nearly or entirely US users, just put the US at the top. Which is smart. I’d expect shit based on other countries to do likewise, especially non-English sites.
It’s smart until I instinctually scroll to the U section only to not find United States
Americuh’ should be no1 on the list! (None of the other countries on the continent matter.)
America, United States of (also known as the AUS).
Those annoy me more because I often instantly scroll to the bottom and miss that its in the wrong spot.
At least Zimbabwe knows they can always scroll to the bottom
