Sorry to disappoint you, but I think a dropdown with 195 country names is the most convenient way to select the country you live in. I propose to use the official UN list * of ISO 3166-1 country names in the same language as the rest of the form **, ordered alphabetically.
My design consideration is, that this is the most predictable solution and very accessible. A design alternative could be a text box with a smart auto complete feature that will recognize variations in country names. * Depending on your target audience you might want to make a few political changes in the official UN list. ** An alphabetical list of countries by native names will not work, as there are no rules how to order a list with multiple scripts (Latin, Arabic) and there are countries with more than one native name (België, Belgium, Belgien). - Yohan [www.ylab.nl] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36720
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