From the help:
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The format Width x Length x Height, while common among fans, may be replaced
here with the more worldly standard Length x Width x Height. This is due to consistency
and sorting needs among similar items, or to an alternate common name used by
fans. Establishing which dimension is which for a particular part often depends
on the part's common applications.
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I guess standardising this may be a huge job so how about introducing some search
functionality that automatically searches both options above?
Maybe its just me but I always search using the smaller dimension first - 3x12
for the one above - then have to swap them around if I don't find what I'm
looking for.
Not sure how it would work with the items that have a height dimension as well
but you see what I'm getting at!!