[Sigia-l] Dropdown Menus listing states, regions

[Karl Groves]

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

I think you've answered your own question.
I don't recall ever seeing any website that has done their states
dropdown the way you've discussed. I'm not sure I even understand the
point in doing it the way you have it, and can certainly see where
people could get confused by the classification system you've come up
with.

Karl L. Groves
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> 
> 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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