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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.
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
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.
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
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.
At least Zimbabwe knows they can always scroll to the bottom
Americuh’ should be no1 on the list! (None of the other countries on the continent matter.)
Those annoy me more because I often instantly scroll to the bottom and miss that its in the wrong spot.
America, United States of (also known as the AUS).
