Reverse autocomplete: a small tweak on the familiar feature(lkozma.net)

46 pointsby lkozmavor 18 Jahren9 comments

lkozma.net

Reverse autocomplete: a small tweak on the familiar feature

http://www.lkozma.net/autocomplete.html

6 comments

eruvor 18 Jahren

Would be even better if it was more fuzzy.

lkozmavor 18 Jahren

I agree, but I wanted to try out just one idea, it can still be combined with all the existing stuff.

eruvor 18 Jahren

Yes. And your idea is neat indeed.

jimbokunvor 18 Jahren

A similar technique is covered in this book, under "Wildcard Queries."

http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~hinrich/information-retrieval-...

(see page 38 in the pdf for chapter 3)

breckvor 18 Jahren

For some silly reason it didn't work for me(FF 3.0rc2), but is it similar to the auto complete in the new firefox address bar? I've found the new address bar to be a huge improvement over the old style of autocomplete.

arjunbankervor 18 Jahren

cool demo. i guess i haven't really noticed this problem since it usually seems faster to clear the search box and re-type your query.

ajkirwinvor 18 Jahren

Same. I tend to erase and retype, or ctrl-left back a few words, select, very quickly overwrite.

AndyKelleyvor 18 Jahren

Not a big deal, but a cool idea. I'll be sure to implement this next time I program auto complete.

brandon272vor 18 Jahren

That's a great step toward a better user experience. Good job.