RE: what's this called

Subject: RE: what's this called
From: Kat Kuvinka <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:35:13 -0400


I think it is called "auto-complete".



kat

> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:47:14 -0400
> Subject: Re: what's this called
> From: ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> Incremental search, maybe?
>
> Although that seems to be more of the "as you type a word in, it gets
> closer to what you're looking for" than the classic "keep typing c
> until it cycles through to the option you want". Might give you
> something to look for, though. And when you find out, let us know! I'd
> LOVE to know what term is correct.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_search
>
> --
> Lin Sims
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Jessica Weissman
> <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > Predictive search? Predictive selection?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jessica -dot- weissman=hillcrestlabs -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr
> > -l.com] On Behalf Of Milan Davidovic
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:21 PM
> > To: TECHWR-L
> > Subject: what's this called
> >
> > I'm searching for a term to describe this Windows behaviour:
> >
> > I open a folder containing files beginning with different letters of
> > the alphabet. I press the "c" key and Windows selects the first item
> > starting with "c" (i.e. as though I had clicked on that item once).
> >
> > Is there a name for what Windows just did there?
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References:
what's this called: From: Milan Davidovic
RE: what's this called: From: Jessica Weissman
Re: what's this called: From: Lin Sims

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