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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm in Finland and it's always mildly weird when these country lists have "Aland Islands" right in the top. I'm not entirely sure in which circumstances the folks from Åland even pick that option. But, I mean, it's an autonomous region, they do have the right to mildly confuse the people who collect user statistics.

(There was also that one incident when some Google product wasn't available in EU as a whole due to regulations that had to be sorted out, but it was somehow available in Åland because Google did an oopsie.)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

TFW you're australian so you type "AUST" and hit enter but all of a sudden you're wearing lederhosen and yodeling at some mountains.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I imagine the Australian embassy in Vienna already has forms to handle the situation, and so does the Austrian one in Canberra.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Do you know what the worst thing about being from Antarctica is? Those country lists rarely include it. Penguins should invade and conquer the world, for the greatness of the Penguin Country.🐧🇦🇶

[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago

I don't think I saw this mentioned but you're are all aware that you can press "U" and it will select United States, right ?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago

Really I’m just happy to be at an end. Nigerians have it rough there.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I hate it more when the US is added as a privileged spot at the top.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If we put California at the top on the state selectors some people would flip their shit. Same thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I mean, most of the time when I see a country at the top, it's based on your IP.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 18 hours ago

I mean i’ve implemented where it shows the current country’s connection at the top. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

It should be America, United States

[–] [email protected] 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Cheer up, it will be the Divided States soon enough, closer to the top!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Soon they will be scrolling for (W)estern Alliance

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Of course a lot of these, particularly this with nearly or entirely US users, just put the US at the top. Which is smart. I'd expect shit based on other countries to do likewise, especially non-English sites.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It's smart until I instinctually scroll to the U section only to not find United States

[–] [email protected] 20 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Zimbabwe has the advantage of being at the bottom of the list, so you just scroll all the way down and click.

It's the same advantage as having a Volvo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

Then you wouldn't be shopping for parts, you'd be shopping for a junk removal service

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago

At least Zimbabwe knows they can always scroll to the bottom

[–] [email protected] 32 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Most forms will let you type the letters to jump in the list. You're welcome!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yup. I just press D and up to get to Czech Republic every time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Congratulations, you triggered a filter search...

Antigua and Barbuda
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Canada
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Cote d'Ivoire
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador

This happens so often I instinctively press ⌫, C, Z when I see this specific list.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

On a computer, that's easy. On a phone, not so much, especially if the field lacks anything that will bring up the keyboard

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Scrolling through 200 items is easier on a phone than a desktop without PgUp/PgDn.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Some don't. And the devs that implement those should be publicly shamed in pillories.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

Worst thing is that that usually cost more effort.

[–] [email protected] 105 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

What's worse is not knowing if it's going to be (E)ngland, (G)reat Britain or the (U)nited Kingdom. I always scroll to the wrong point on the list first

[–] [email protected] 32 points 19 hours ago

And then, surprise! It’s a UK company so they artificially put it at the TOP of the alphabetical list, but you didn’t notice it before you scrolled everywhere else first.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

Or (B)ritain? Once I even found (T)he UK, which I only discovered by searching the page source.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Same here, is it going to be (H)olland, (T)he Netherlands or (N)etherlands, with the minor inconvenience of (N)ederland.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Same here, can be (G)ermany or (D)eutschland.
And when the website sucks (looking at you Microsoft), it's Deutschland, but placed in the list at G.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Or (A)llemagne, (N)iemcy, (T)yskland, (S)aksa, (V)asija (you won't encounter the last two unless you use a website in Finnish or Estonian, however the first three are used in numerous countries including Germany's neighbors).
The lists are occasionally auto-translated, sometimes I see "🇹🇷 Truthahn".

[–] [email protected] 21 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Similarly, sometimes forms use foreign countries' English names, and sometimes the native names. Pretty annoying as a German.

And a special "screw you" to any UI devs that don't use the native behavior when typing letters while focused on a select field.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Plot Twist: The site designer is Chinese and its now (Y)英国 [YingGuo/England]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Americuh' should be no1 on the list! (None of the other countries on the continent matter.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

Those annoy me more because I often instantly scroll to the bottom and miss that its in the wrong spot.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 21 hours ago

America, United States of (also known as the AUS).