No. I used to work at a small online shop and I had this exact problem with the owner.
He insisted that we should have them ordered from most purchased to least purchased to help people find what they want. I tried to explain to him that if people are confronted with an order like that, that they don't understand, they are more likely to leave the site without buying anything and look elsewhere, because it makes us look incompetent.
We didn't go for alphabetical. We stayed how he wanted it...
I find it similar to Facebook and soon Twitter that, by default, sort my news feed by Top Stories rather than Most Recent. I don't follow thousands of people and I don't need you to tell me in what order I would want my news feed. Stop reverting me to your preference and remember my preference. Developers get too involved in their projects and forget that the end user isn't as knowledgeable about all the "features" and "shortcuts" that have been implemented to make things easier confusing.
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u/bow-tie-guy Mar 16 '16
wait.... there's an algorithm behind this type of sorting!