• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Same with choosing a country.

    I remember when the internet was enough us-centric (or accurately localized) so “United States of America” was at the top of the list. Now I have to scroll way to the bottom. I guess I can’t argue about the fairness of it, but it’s still annoying.

    With all the annoyances of everything needing to be thousands of JavaScript modules instead of a simple html page, can’t we get something useful out of it, like a localized country list where everyone gets theirs on top?

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      8 days ago

      And then being from England being constantly guessing because I have no idea whether the drop down is going to list England, United Kingdom, Great Britain, or what.

      Each of which refer to actually different geographical regions, but okay.

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      8 days ago

      Trump will sign an executive order stating United States must be the first country in all UI selection widgets.

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      8 days ago

      Wait until you find out that you can type the first letter and it will jump to that position in the list. Then - check this shit out - you can keep pressing that letter to jump through each item in the list. It takes me like 3 seconds.

      Now, hold onto your hats, because you won’t believe what you can do when picking your state…

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      Fortunately you’ll move much further up the list alphabetically since you’re rapidly becoming the Fascist States of America.

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      7 days ago

      You can often press “U” to go to countries starting with “U”, saving a bit of scrolling. If you didn’t already know that.