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Subject:RE: Wadda Ya Callit? From:Chuck Martin <CMartin -at- serena -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 21 Jan 2000 11:04:38 -0800
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: barry -dot- kieffer -at- exgate -dot- tek -dot- com
> [mailto:barry -dot- kieffer -at- exgate -dot- tek -dot- com]
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 9:45 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Wadda Ya Callit?
>
>
> OK, listers, what do you call the action when you type a name
> into a list,
> like the name list in a mail tool, and as you type each
> character the list
> auto-magically homes into the name you were searching for.
>
> Microsoft magic list word finder was as close as I could get.
>
--
Chuck Martin
Sr. Technical Writer, SERENA Software
"People who use business software might despise it, but they are getting
paid to tolerate it....Most people who are paid to use a tool feel
constrained not to complain about that tool, but it doesn't stop them from
feeling frustrated and unhappy about it."
- "The Inmates are Running the Asylum"
Alan Cooper
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