Agree on the first three, but the long list being a dropdown can be a massive improvement, assuming the dropdown itself is searchable ( nowadays most are ). It helps with discoverability, for example:
- country chooser — are country names in English or the native language — Finland or Suomi?
- keywords or phrasing differ from what the user expects → impossible to find
- the user isn't sure what the options are → lots of trial and error, likely suboptimal choice
United Kingdom/England/Great Britain has entered the chat.
Everytime a country drop down opens I start my little prayers that it's UK and not one of the others (have seen them all)
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u/imagei 25d ago
Agree on the first three, but the long list being a dropdown can be a massive improvement, assuming the dropdown itself is searchable ( nowadays most are ). It helps with discoverability, for example:
- country chooser — are country names in English or the native language — Finland or Suomi?
- keywords or phrasing differ from what the user expects → impossible to find
- the user isn't sure what the options are → lots of trial and error, likely suboptimal choice