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Re:Show HN: I have no friends so I created Strangers for Din... by chewxy on Monday May 14, 2012 @08:30AM (#3970741)
This was actually a usability thing. We've started with 5,10,20,30,50 kilometres, and it turned out our initial beta bunch would typically select 10km as the distance they're willing to travel, so we've rearranged it.
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Re:Show HN: I have no friends so I created Strangers for Din... by webignition on Monday May 14, 2012 @08:40AM (#3970778)
In terms of usability, how does this compare to leaving the ordering unchanged and instead setting 10 as the initially-selected choice?
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Re:Show HN: I have no friends so I created Strangers for Din... by basicallydan on Monday May 14, 2012 @08:39AM (#3970768)
Ahhh, I see. Good thinking :) You've probably already considered it, but the other option is to put a SELECTED attribute in the element you want to be selected by default.
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