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Reverse autocomplete: a small tweak on the familiar feature

• eru 18y ago
  Would be even better if it was more fuzzy.
  • lkozma 18y ago
    I agree, but I wanted to try out just one idea, it can still be combined with all the existing stuff.
    • eru 18y ago
      Yes. And your idea is neat indeed.
• jimbokun 18y ago
  A similar technique is covered in this book, under "Wildcard Queries." http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~hinrich/information-retrieval-book.html http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~hinrich/information-retrieval-... (see page 38 in the pdf for chapter 3)
• arjunbanker 18y ago
  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.
  • ajkirwin 18y ago
    Same. I tend to erase and retype, or ctrl-left back a few words, select, very quickly overwrite.
• AndyKelley 18y ago
  Not a big deal, but a cool idea. I'll be sure to implement this next time I program auto complete.
• breck 18y ago
  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.
• brandon272 18y ago
  That's a great step toward a better user experience. Good job.