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

46 pointsby lkozma18 anni fa9 comments

lkozma.net

Reverse autocomplete: a small tweak on the familiar feature

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

6 comments

eru18 anni fa

Would be even better if it was more fuzzy.

lkozma18 anni fa

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

eru18 anni fa

Yes. And your idea is neat indeed.

jimbokun18 anni fa

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)

breck18 anni fa

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.

arjunbanker18 anni fa

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.

ajkirwin18 anni fa

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

AndyKelley18 anni fa

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

brandon27218 anni fa

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