[IxDA Discuss] 'Select Country' dropdown

[Bryan Minihan]

Apologies for the bad markup...Jim provided the quote below, my blurb is
above his...

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Minihan [mailto:bjminihan at nc.rr.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 8:33 PM
To: 'Jim Drew'; 'UI List'
Subject: RE: [IxDA Discuss] 'Select Country' dropdown

I said:
I don't know if "states" fall into the same consistency rule, but over time
when I tab into a State field, I hit the letter N six or seven times (can't
remember which off the top of my head), and whether they use NC or North
Carolina, I almost always wind up on my state.  That is, even if you use
acronyms, use the order that's most consistent with what users expect.  In
my case, I expect to hit NY before NC, even though that's not truly
alphabetical.  Kind of odd how that turned out, but it's a weird sort of
consistency that works.


Jim said:
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."  Consistency is
great, but if there's a good reason to be inconsistent, go for it.

-- Jim Drew
   Seattle, WA

And everyone else said "whoop".