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March 29, 2005 12:20 AM
Broken: Inconsistency in menu items
Carl M. writes:
Here is a listbox from, let's just say a website (though it's on our intranet really). I was looking for British Pound, or Great British Pound, or perhaps UK Pound. Couldnt find it. Then I noticed an entry starting 'Pound' amid all the other entries which start by listing countries.
Wasted life - 60-120 seconds.
Annoying? Yes! Broken? Doubtful.
Pound Sterling for whatever reason is, as far as I can tell, the only currency that has a recognized suffix to the money name. In my international travels I don't ever recall refering to (or hearing of) a 'pound' with any sort of Country Name Prefix.
Why is it different? I don't know. Maybe that's the part that is broken - we allow a naming convention different to the rest...
Stay JOLLY!
H
Annoying? Yes! Broken? Doubtful.
Pound Sterling for whatever reason is, as far as I can tell, the only currency that has a recognized suffix to the money name. In my international travels I don't ever recall refering to (or hearing of) a 'pound' with any sort of Country Name Prefix.
Why is it different? I don't know. Maybe that's the part that is broken - we allow a naming convention different to the rest...
Stay JOLLY!
H
Humpton, you are an idiot, it is Broken because the list is sorted by countries. Do you come from the country Pound? If it were not broken then it would be sorted British Pound, Bermuda Pound, etc.
Actually, this entry is pretty much broken in the same way as the previous entry (FedEx doesn't acknowledge the existence of Scotland). Yes, it's technically "correct" to call it the pound sterling. But it sure doesn't help the poor schmuck who's just trying to find it in an alphabetical list of (mostly) nationalities. Why make it harder than necessary?
Humpton, several countries use the pound, including Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. Not to mention, there are Jersey pounds, Scottish pounds, Welsh pounds, etc. Dropping the UK from the pound sterling is just as broken as assuming that if you just list "dollar," everyone will know you're referring to the American dollar.
The Mexican currency (also listed) is simply PESO and not Nuevo Peso. The name Nuevo Peso for the Mexican currency was used only from 1993 to 1994, since then, it's simply called PESO.
British Pedantry part II: Although Pound Sterling is used throughout the UK (as in both Great Britain [England, Scotland and Wales] and Northern Ireland), it is know as the Great British Pound. Its official abbreviation is GBP.
xe.com called it United Kingdom Pound though. It is certainly not the 'English Pound' as a pound is a pound whether you're in Wales, England, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
This does remind me of yesterday's post. Also, people like Sam here are only pointing out how much more broken this really is. Using Fuzzy's post as an example, having German euro, French euro, etcetera, etcetera, just doesn't make sense. ( Disclaimer: I apologize for looking like a moron if I'm wrong, but this is my personal opinion, possibly sprung by the fact that I know nada, zip, zero about Europe. This is assuming that all euros are the same, so again, if I look like a bloody moron to Europeans, please don't ridicule me in future posts. I live in America.) I think that it wouldn't matter; just put "euro".
This is broken because it is inconsistent and makes difficult a task that should be simple.
I expect it should say British Great British Pound Sterling because the list is showing a format. (As can be seen with “Mexican Nuevo Peso” the [American-](?)English name of the county is listed first, then the official name of the currency in its native language, converted into the roman character set as necessary.)
Ah, I found another broken item on the same list: New Taiwan Dollar should be Taiwan New Taiwan Dollar, unless Nationalist China is called New Taiwan rather than Taiwan
"Wasted life - 60-120 seconds."
Cumulative time wasted typing in this post and comments: probably several hours
PATHETIC
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Definitely broken. My database design professor would be horrified.
Posted by: Isaac at March 29, 2005 01:24 AM