[Sigia-l] List order

[joe]

A few things:
* The list is a list that users use to indicate what group THEY belong to. It's not a search interface. 
* I'm not allowed to ask the users. A political thing. Just the way it is.
* The list will include something like this (can't do the real list due to NDA-like paranoia):
California
New Mexico
Accounting
Denver
Australia
Marketing
New Accounts
Boston
Delaware

So I opt for alphabetic.

joe



>If the old timers understand a certain way and use it in a certain way then 
>there is not point reinventing the wheel if they are the key users.
>
>If on the other hand you have different user groups that have different 
>expectations then you need to be flexible. As always, the users will often 
>tell you how they want things to be.  If possible why not offer all 3? With 
>electronic systems there is no need to have fixed ways of viewing 
>data.  What becomes difficult is finding the right default behavior. Which 
>feels the simplest?
>
>If in doubt - ask the users. If you're not in doubt - still ask the users 
>as you might be wrong.
>
>Stewart Dean
>
>User Experience Freelancer 
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