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Anyone else irked by the use of "Intellisense" - a Microsoft brand - when "autocomplete" will do?
by exclipy 6y ago
Anyone else irked by the use of "Intellisense" - a Microsoft brand - when "autocomplete" will do?
- carlmr 6y agoAre you irked by Q-tips and Kleenex as well?
- MrPowers 6y agoThese are referred to as "generic trademarks" if you're interested in learning more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark. Generic trademarks are studied in economics and have legal implications.
- 52-6F-62 6y agoSeems like they're complaining (for lack of a better word) about only having word autocomplete available for most functional languages versus a more refined suggestion tool like Intellisense. But yeah, they don't get that specific about that fact. I guess Intellisense has entered the realm of Kleenex in how it's used.
- Nullabillity 6y agoMostly in .NET communities though, from what I've seen.
- alkonaut 6y agoCode completion (autocomplete) is a subset of intellisense. Intellisense also provides e.g. info tooltips on hover and more. But yes, I agree since the author specifically talks about the way OO languages provide a more easily autocompleted syntax and parameter help doesn't really differ, perhaps the better term to use here would be autocomplete or code completion.