And on the other side of the coin... I am always surprised at how assumingly biased a company can be perceived when they put the United States at the top of the list.
Rob :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Scarpiello Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: IxDA list Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] 'Select Country' dropdown In my opinion, unless your site truly has a large international user base, NOT putting the US at the top is a weak swipe at trying to be politically correct, and it truly irritates me. On Dec 17, 2007 8:46 AM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In filling out various web forms, I have noticed two interaction standards > specifically related to dropdowns in which the user selects their country > of > residence. > > 1 -- List is alphabetical (placing United States near the end of the list) > > 2 -- Most likely selection(s) at the top of the list, with remainder of > list > alphabetical. > > Which one would you use and what would influence your decision? > > > Billy Cox > Old World Spices > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information of Northwestern Mutual. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify Northwestern Mutual immediately by returning it to the sender and delete all copies from your system. Please be advised that communications received via the Northwestern Mutual Secure Message Center are secure. Communications that are not received via the Northwestern Mutual Secure Message Center may not be secure and could be observed by a third party. Thank you for your cooperation. ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
