Order of address, city, country in form
Is there any specific usability reason why the standard order of form elements for entering an address is this order:
- address
- address 2
- city
- country
Wouldn't it make more sense to go the reverse way? Thereby going from broad to narrow, instead of narrow to broad? From a technical perspective, this would make auto completion better (search results will narrow down). Additionally, from a human perspective, this seems more logical. That is:
- country
- city
- address
- address 2
Do you think I could do this without confusing users, given that this diverts from the standards?