now I am not... :)

so keeping the default values makes me an idiot. I am happy to be an idiot in that case :). Anyway my point was people select their country as USA not because they want hide their nationality... Just because it is the default value

check out this one, It's about good UI design... ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuELwq2ThJE This video is really too long but it had a few good points that are obvious, 1) The user should not have to DO anything to get what they want. 2) The user should not have to SEE anything except what they want to see. 3) The user should not have to learn anything.

Its me Member 44505649... I told you there are lots of bugs in cp forum.. and you are flaming me for that.. The moment i saw my handle is Member44505649 i changed it... but that did not change the handle in the already posted message!!!

Yusuf wrote:

Hey Chris, change the default to "Idiotsville", will ya? [Roll eyes]

you forgot u have to make the id unique.. :D

So the bigger question is why CP favours usa nationals... for us guyz outside usa have to select that drop down menu and search for our country name and USA people they get a nice default settings. Shouldn't cp registration webpage select the proper country from IP address automatically just like "orkut"

I think the main reason behind country = USA in profile is that's the default one when you create a profile (It's not compulsory to change it while creating a profile). And most people (who are lazy like me) skip while creating the profile :D