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		markyc on July 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dropdowns Should Be the UI of Last Resort typing would involve 6 actions: click, type 4 digits, return a select would involve 3 or 4

adwn on July 20, 2015 [–]

You forgot "searching" (or maybe "locating"?), which takes quite a while when you have several dozen choices.

Just let me type those four digits! It's much faster in the end.

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