Have you been to the Canada Post Postal code lookup site recently?
Go ahead, check it out. I’ll wait.
From a developer perspective, this form makes perfect sense. Each box is a part of the data to ask for, then you check for mistakes, combine it all up check what the postal code is for that location.
But to me, that’s an old way of thinking about it. Why can’t I just have a box that I type stuff into? Websites are smart enough to figure out what we are trying to write. Find the province, figure out if I wrote “street” or “crt” or whatever, and present me the two or three likely options.
We Can Eat Here is trying to do better where we can. Drop us a line if you have suggestions.
