And if you were Norwegian, would it bother you that the US was always top of the list? Would it bother you if they left Norway out all together?? (Which happens to Australia!)
If the list was always the same, then that would be easier wouldn't it? Like I said before... just preselect the one you want rather than change the order. N BethF wrote: > > As an american if bothers me that US should be on the top of an alphabetical > list of countries. Its very US centric. > If the site is catering to a certain group - and thats the logic of listing > the US first then it should be ordered by audience, not alphabetically with > the us first. > > --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop > Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike > Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) > Anchorage, Alaska > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Texidor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:49 PM > Subject: Re: Countries - Who Cares!! > > > y'know what cracks me up? > > > > The crap you read after someone has a whinge... (This wasn't directed at > > you Maureen, you just happened to be the one I replied to!) > > > > I mean really... how difficult is it to press 'U', and then scroll down > > a couple of lines.... is it really that much of a pain? How often do > > you do it??? And does it really mean you are unpatriotic??? > > > > I'd rather NEVER have to fill a form in... I must have done it enough > > times that the web browser could do it automatically!! So why hasn't > > someone developed a way of filling forms... including drop downs... > > quickly? I know a couple of the browsers have Forms Auto complete, but > > I want MORE damn it!! :^) > > > > Personally.. It chokes my chicken when people stick the US at the top of > > the drop down's... It really pulls my bog chains when people don't put > > the complete list, and Australia get's left off (It happens!). Let's > > define a standard... I say leave it alphabetical... you always know > > where you are then!! > > > > Besides, if you guys had just stuck with being America, you'd be fine... > > you had to ruin it by adding the United States bit didn't ya! ;^) > > And as for the UK... shoulda just kept it as Britain. After all, that's > > what it says on my pommie passport. > > > > And if ya don't like it.... move to Afghanistan!!!!!! ;^) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maureen wrote: > > > > > > At 04:13 PM 1/8/02, you wrote: > > > >The pull down menu issue is racist. Why are we putting United States > > > >first, and not Afghanistan? Once again, the United States, main > composed > > > >of white people, trying to put down brown people... > > > > > > > >Does this work Mark? ;) > > > > > > I hate pull-down menus. They are a real PITA for those of us with short > arms. > > > Ban them all. Make people type their state and country. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
