Autocomplete
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Just wondering, does anyone else find the recent SD autocomplete enhancement more of a distraction than a help? Autocomplete is a feature provided by browsers, websites, and programs that predicts what you are going to type when you start typing something and inserts it for you. It is most useful when the possibilities of what you are typing are limited. Autocomplete is now present in the comment field when making a comment on a post and also in the title field of a new post.
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updated Aug 5, 2013
edited by rac1
posted by kirk1
Oh, my. I used to turn that off on my phone because it messed up my texts. Thanks for the explanation - sanlee, Aug 5, 2013
Hola, Kirk. I changed your category to Website questions and feedback. - rac1, Aug 5, 2013
Hmm. I don't seem to have that on my PC, but maybe it's just with cell phones? - Findy, Aug 5, 2013
Thanks, mate. I kind of forget about categories here since most of it is about or at least somewhat related to grammer. - kirk1, Aug 5, 2013
I think I have figured it out. I think that the autocomplete is not really a new enhancement to SD but a setting change that happened to Google Chrome maybe during a recent update. I think I have found how to turn it off in Chrome. - kirk1, Aug 5, 2013
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Could you explain what it is? Thanks.
updated Aug 5, 2013
posted by sanlee
I have inserted that in the question. - kirk1, Aug 5, 2013
That could explain some funny errors and maybe my last double comment post? - sanlee, Aug 5, 2013
See above comment. Looks like autocomplete was something that happened in Chrome. - kirk1, Aug 5, 2013
So, it's chrome that's doing it. Gracias, amigo! - sanlee, Aug 5, 2013
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I have been fortunate not to have autocomplete here. On the other hand, I found it bothersome on my cell phone, but I have figured out how to deal with it.
updated Aug 5, 2013
edited by Raja-jani
posted by Raja-jani
On cell phones it is a pain in the neck. :) - ian-hill, Aug 5, 2013
