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Comments on No. 60 of 155 · Ahmad Alfy's Blog · edition of Wednesday 28 October 2026

A select should tell you something

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Customizable select, now supported in Chrome and Edge, lets each dropdown option hold richer content such as a font preview, local time, aligned price columns, a job title, or a warning badge, instead of plain text. The article argues that putting the decision-relevant detail inside the option reduces guesswork.

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