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I was pretty sure I'd see this: > If an option is highlighted, never change it, even if new data is loaded. They're quite deliberate in favoring showing new t
by benatkin 8y ago
I was pretty sure I'd see this:
> If an option is highlighted, never change it, even if new data is loaded.
They're quite deliberate in favoring showing new things in response to additional keystrokes over results that have already been displayed and not selected with fewer keystrokes.
This annoys me, but I type faster than I read even when I'm searching. I don't think most people do so it makes sense to not keep showing the same result after more keystrokes.
Plus I think it just looks smarter, and surfaces more results. So if you're using the autocomplete of Spotify, you see more songs than you would if it kept showing the same result.
I think they're trading function and usability for showing the user more stuff, and making the app look more intelligent.
For an example of what I'm talking about, if I type "ha" into spotify, "Happy Now" is the third result. If I type "p" so it's "hap", it becomes the sixth result. Sometimes it pushes it all the way to past the end of the screen.
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