I have said this before, and I will say it again

[conuly]

Once, many years ago now, I filled in a form that called for my zip code first and then filled out the city and state based on that.

And ever since then I've actively resented having to find my state on a drop down menu, like, even more than I already did. Inevitably, if I try typing I go "NY" to find out that all states are done in full, or else I go "NE" to find out that they're all abbreviated.

Anyway, my point is obvious. If you have any pull at all, ever, encourage whoever makes these forms wherever they make them to populate the state and city from the zip code. It is vastly superior, and I hope that form maker got a bonus for that stroke of brilliance.

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

How do Zip codes work in the USA? Because the UK's postcodes allow you to populate a form down to a choice from 15 addresses or so.

e.g. SA31 3JG (my post code) - SA is Swansea, and it's a postal district that covers most of south and south west Wales.
31 is the 31st district, which is most of Carmarthen
3 is the West Ward, and JG localises it to the first 15 houses of Nant yr Arian.

[conuly]

Well, there's zip codes, which are five digits, and then there's the longer zip codes which are... longer and more precise? But hardly anybody knows their longform zip code, so we all just use the five digit ones which can definitely not narrow down the form to 15 addresses.

[andrewducker]

Yup. Most address searches I give them my post code and then pick my address from a drop-down.