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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As far as we know, the eight countries with the most Ubuntu users are,
in descending order:

United States
Germany
France
Italy
Brazil
India
Spain
Great Britain

Since the UK is one of the countries that has this problem the most
(exacerbated by not knowing whether it will be under "Great Britain" or
"United Kingdom"), I suggest that the menu start off with all eight of
these, in alphabetical order, then a separator, then all countries in
alphabetical order *including* the common ones.

(To achieve the separator in the <select> element, put one <optgroup>
around the common countries, then another <optgroup> around the full
list. Then in the style sheet, add "optgroup+optgroup {border-top: 1px
solid grey; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-top:0.5em;}".)

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Package changed: software-center (Ubuntu) => canonical-payment-
service

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/652313

Title:
  Hard to scroll list of countries on payment page

Status in Payment service:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1. In Ubuntu Software Center, navigate to the screen for a purchasable item.
  2. Choose "Buy".
  3. Sign in to Ubuntu SSO if necessary.
  4. Open the "Country" menu.

  The payment screen in software center requires the user to enter their
  billing address. Country is a mandatory field; the list of countries
  is huge. It takes a very long time to scroll to entries near the
  bottom (United Kingdom, United States). I imagine a large number of
  users will come from relatively few places. For the convenience of the
  majority, can the list of countries be pruned or segmented? I imagine
  most users are not from, say, Bouvet Island - can we remove that or
  move it to the bottom of the list? (Bouvet isn't even inhabited...)

  For example:
  China
  France
  Spain
  United Kingdom
  United States
  -----
  Åland Islands
  Bouvet Island
  ....
  Wallis and Futuna

  Ubuntu 10.10, software-center 2.1.22.1

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