[Sigia-l] Dropdown Menus listing states, regions

[Patrick Neeman]

The dropdown menu is this:

- Choose Location -
United States
 -- Atlantic --
      Delaware
      Dist. of Columbia
      Maryland
      New Jersey
      New York
      Pennsylvania
      Virginia
      West Virginia
 -- Midwest --
      Illinois
      Indiana
      Iowa
      Michigan
      Minnesota
      Missouri
      Ohio
      Wisconsin
 -- Mountain --
      Colorado
      Idaho
      Montana
      Utah
      Wyoming
 -- New England --
      Connecticut
      Maine
      Massachusetts
      New Hampshire
      Rhode Island
      Vermont
 -- Pacific --
      Alaska
      California
      Hawaii
      Oregon
      Washington
 -- Plains --
      Kansas
      Nebraska
      North Dakota
      Oklahoma
      South Dakota
 -- South --
      Alabama
      Arkansas
      Kentucky
      Louisiana
      Mississippi
      Tennessee
 -- Southeast --
      Florida
      Georgia
      North Carolina
      South Carolina
 -- Southwest --
      Arizona
      Nevada
      New Mexico
      Texas
Canada
      Alberta
      British Columbia
      Manitoba
      New Brunswick
      Newfoundland
      Northwest Territories
      Nova Scotia
      Nunavut
      Ontario
      Prince Edward Island
      Quebec
      Saskatchewan
      Yukon Territory
Anguilla
Aruba
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
China
Costa Rica
El Salvador
France
Israel
Kenya
Mexico
New Zealand
Puerto Rico
Russia
St. Maarten
Thailand
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands

It's unwieldy, a lot of users are looking for stuff alphabetically, etc. I
really dislike it.

A lot of the other solutions I've seen for this I haven't particularly liked
either, and I'm just trying to find a few examples that are effective so we
can test them. You're right in that I really don't care what it looks like,
as long as it's effective for the user and increases search rates.

P@

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] 
> On Behalf Of Thomas.Donehower at eurorscg.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:18 PM
> To: Patrick Neeman; sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Dropdown Menus listing states, regions
> 
> 
> We currently have a dropdown menu that lists US states, Canadian 
> provinces,
> but also groups US into Regions. The feedback that we have 
> gotten so far hasn't been really good, and I really don't 
> care how it's displayed 
> either.
> 
> What are some effective ways of dealing with this?
> 
> P@
> ================================
> 
> Patrick, 
> Can you clarify the issue? Is the issue that it's difficult 
> to select your 
> state/province from the one dropdown? Your "not caring" is probably 
> beneficial in this case so long as you care enough to arrive 
> at a solution 
> that works. 
> -Tom (All, apologize for crappy lotus notes formatting)
> 
> 
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