Does Auto-Complete Search Limit You?
Posted on June 12, 2007, under Search.
Auto complete is a great feature in most cases, but lately I have found some frustration with it to the point I turned it off in Firefox. When I search for something, I generally know what to put in as a query to find what I am looking for. In other cases I am looking for something so specific that I need to find an exact match, like an error code or something from debugging. In these cases, I have found auto-completion a hindrance to my query. I am looking for something specific, I do not need to know what others have searched for an how many results they pulled.
I will admit that for some cases Auto-complete is good, like if you are searching for names of places, people, etc. But more often than not I have not found it valuable, and it really gets in the way for what I am searching for.
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