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I think that explains what the programmers who wrote Cortana were thinking. The reasoning must have been as follows: - The user types 'upd' and pauses. The mos

I think that explains what the programmers who wrote Cortana were thinking. The reasoning must have been as follows: - The user types 'upd' and pauses. The most likely thing the user wants is Windows Update, so show that. - The user continues typing (typed 'upda' so far). The user doesn't want Windows Update otherwise they would have picked it earlier. So show Java's updater. - The user keeps typing (typed 'updat' so far). Well the user didn't select Windows Update or Java's updater, so who knows what they want. Don't show anything until we get more letters. The logic works unless you're dealing with human beings who don't pause and pick the one correct action at every point.

therein 9y ago
> The logic works unless you're dealing with human beings who don't pause and pick the one correct action at every point. I think that includes all human beings. None of us pay full attention at all times. Who did the PM think they were targeting?
- mysterypie 9y ago
  > I think that includes all human beings. None of us pay full attention at all times. That's exactly what I meant though I said it in an ironic way.
FRex 9y ago
That doesn't explain this: https://imgur.com/a/Jlhno https://imgur.com/a/Jlhno Speed of typing seems to matter for 'downloa' but not for 'download' or 'downloads', see my other post for the full non-story and two possible fixes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15766965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15766965