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December 12, 2009
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While it's okay, I suppose, to have a filter option to include credit unions accessible only in Ontario and Quebec, currently, the default filter option is set to Ontario, which makes zero sense for a site and a HISA branded as "Canadian High Interest Savings Accounts." Thus, this needs to be corrected have "Rest of Canada," which should also be renamed as "Canada" or "All of Canada," made the default filter option (as it was before). It wouldn't make sense for Quebec, or British Columbia, to be the default filter option. Likewise, it makes no sense for Ontario to be the default filter option. Functionally, it would mean little to no change to Ontario residents' workflows, as they'd only need to select "Ontario" from the filter drop-down.
Thanks,
Doug
7:35 am
October 27, 2013
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FWIW, I support Doug's recommendation for 'Canada' or 'National' to be the default option. It is just the courteous to do for a country-wide website.
8:00 am
October 21, 2013
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Why has the earlier part of this thread vanished?
I guess the effort put into those posts is considered garbage.
8:07 am
September 11, 2013
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I don't see anything missing, nothing deleted.
9:49 am
October 21, 2013
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OK. it was another thread same topic.
10:06 am
September 11, 2013
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Apology for "garbage" accusation?
10:59 am
May 15, 2007
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Here is the thread where the topic was previously discussed, including some support (and disagreement) for what Doug has brought up: https://www.highinterestsavings.ca/forum/site-suggestions/add-saven-financial-to-hisas/page-2/#p64646
The reasoning for making Ontario the default is:
* That's the filter that currently shows all accounts on the chart
* "Rest of Canada" isn't a perfect default either, since it would show accounts not available in Quebec
* The last column indicates "ON only" and "No QC", thus providing that information on availability
* Your selection is stored in a cookie, so any subsequent visits to the page in that browser will keep the selection
6:45 pm
October 27, 2013
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I suspect it is the 'dismissive' term of ROC that is sensitive among some users... as in second class. I personally don't care since I am dismissive of anything east of Superior myself 
Jesting of course.
Not an issue of cookies that will keep the option users want.
7:28 pm
December 12, 2009
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Peter said
Here is the thread where the topic was previously discussed, including some support (and disagreement) for what Doug has brought up: https://www.highinterestsavings.ca/forum/site-suggestions/add-saven-financial-to-hisas/page-2/#p64646The reasoning for making Ontario the default is:
* That's the filter that currently shows all accounts on the chart
* "Rest of Canada" isn't a perfect default either, since it would show accounts not available in Quebec
* The last column indicates "ON only" and "No QC", thus providing that information on availability
* Your selection is stored in a cookie, so any subsequent visits to the page in that browser will keep the selection
Yes, that's good one's preference is stored in a cookie, but if one gets logged out, is in incognito mode, or browsing the site from a different device, it reverts to the default. I still think "Rest of Canada," "Canada," etc. should be the default sort option. "No QC" has always had its own column in the Canada-wide chart, since it's an exception to FIs available to all other Canadian residents. Indeed, it's even been codified into the HISA chart's inclusion criteria. I see no problem with that continuing as a column in the Canada-wide chart.
Thus, perhaps one solution could be the following chart sort names:
* Canada [default]
* Canada (incl. Quebec)
* Ontario only
Or, you could exclude non-Quebec FIs from the Canada-wide chart with:
* Canada (ex. Quebec) [default]
* Canada (incl. Quebec)
* Ontario only
The issue is Ontario should not be included in the default chart sort, unless users specifically select that as their saved default sort preference, given that it's limited to residents of only one province.
Cheers,
Doug
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