[IxDA Discuss] 'Select Country' dropdown

[Jessica Enders]

Some members have suggested using the IP address as a default pre-fill
for the country field. 

The benefit of this approach is that for the majority of users, they
pre-fill selection will be right, saving them from modifying one of
the form's fields.

However, it may not be correct where a router, proxy or cache is
involved.

Also,pre-filling the field could lead to other problems. Blank fields
are a visual indicator of where data has yet to be entered. Users may
therefore skim over pre-filled fields, as their mental model says
"that's already done". 

Using IP address is also not as simple as it may sound. An
IP-to-country mapping is required, and that mapping has to be
continually updated.




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http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23593