Talk:Autocomplete

message: *These templates came from the article Word prediction which I now merge with Autocomplete. See reasons at the bottom of this talk page. Roger491127 (talk) 09:40, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) 19:49, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
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*Support per nom --Lox (t,c) 18:28, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
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message: The section describing the original purpose of Autocomplete as "word prediction software was to help people with physical disabilities increase their typing speed" is complete nonsense and seems made up just for this article.  1960s-era Control Data Corporation mainframes had autocomplete, predictive word/phrase completion on the operator consoles, as just one concrete example completely to the contrary.
73.164.110.30 (talk) 03:03, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  History and "Original Purpose" 

message: I'd like to move Autocomplete (verb) to Autocompletion (noun). I think it makes more sense to describe the function this way. --Uncle Ed 14:15, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Verb or noun

message: hm.. the screenshot & utility looks like spam to me. Check the picture description :
Niels Gron, www.AquaFold.com, http://aquafold.com/6.0screens/main-qanalyzer-large.jpg
the named company offers aquafold for $ fee.
=== useful article ===
I found the article to be quite useful.  Perhaps it mentions one company or another, but this may be unavoidable.  It mentions Microsoft Outlook, but I doubt this is advertisement by Microsoft. It is also important to mention services that are commonly available, even for a fee, as long as it is not disparaging or biased.  I do however find a discussion on the limitations of autocomplete lacking.  The article mentions the limitations but does not elaborate.  Kattuub (talk) 21:11, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam ? 

message: I found the article to be quite useful.  Perhaps it mentions one company or another, but this may be unavoidable.  It mentions Microsoft Outlook, but I doubt this is advertisement by Microsoft. It is also important to mention services that are commonly available, even for a fee, as long as it is not disparaging or biased.  I do however find a discussion on the limitations of autocomplete lacking.  The article mentions the limitations but does not elaborate.  Kattuub (talk) 21:11, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  useful article 

message: Can be done by autowhat (search for autowhat.zip) or "Cooxie toolbar", both freeware. Or, to delete something, highlight it and press Delete. 80.0.103.195 (talk) 23:44, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing IE6 autocomplete 

message: This page gets spamed quite frequently, is there any way that could be prevented? Stdazi (talk) 09:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam 

message: Imagine a user trying to figure out some software or something. They come across the phrase "autocomplete" and turn to Google to figure out what it means, which leads them here. If there were an example image of autocompletion (such as a search here on Wikipedia), that user would know *instantly* what it was, without having to read a single word. It would greatly add to the encyclopedic value of this article. :) 209.216.208.251 (talk) 23:11, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  An image would be useful. 

message: I discovered this when trying to replace the link from Cupertino effect to spellchecker with a link to a more specific page, that there is too much overlap between the three short pages:
* Autocorrection (which I moved from text replacement which should really go to search-and-replace: is there a page for that? I have made a DAB)
* Autoreplace (which should be autoreplacement per WP:NOUN)
* Autocomplete (which should be autocompletion per WP:NOUN)
Merging all three seems to make sense. They are distinct but related and a single page would simplify the duplication in content. I don't know what the best name would be. jnestorius(talk) 09:56, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge discussion 

message: My favorite text editor seems to have dropped the autocomplete server in their new beta, so I was looking for other alternatives I could suggest to the developers of the program. That's the reason I read this article, which unfortunately did not help me find a certain program. The program I was looking for is LetMeType, a freeware autocompletion program. During the search for it I found 10-15 other autocompletion programs, so there definitely is a need for an article in wp which can list and compare them. 
LetMeType, freeware, is good, but is no longer developed, the author has published the source code and allows anybody to continue development, http://www.clasohm.com/lmt/en/
TypingAid is another freeware alternative. I have not used it but it is actively developed. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/AWA-TypingAid.shtml
Intellicomplete works well, and seems to be available in both a freeware version and a pro version, http://www.flashpeak.com/icomp/ics.htm. Roger491127 (talk) 15:06, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Development of this article

message: Note that there is an article named Word prediction which covers the same issues as Autocomplete. I think the word Autocomplete is the most common word people search for, so I suggest an article named Autocomplete (software) as the main article, and Word prediction and other terms should be redirection pages to Autocomplete. The text in Word prediction is good and should be the basis for this article. Roger491127 (talk) 23:41, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging or redirections

message: I have merged the text from Word prediction into this article, and made article Word prediction into a redirection page to this article. I made the Autoreplace page into a choice page for different meanings (usage) of the word. In the Autocorrect article I added a sentence about the difference between autocorrection and autocomplete and gave links to this article. A redirection from Autocompletion to this article already existed. This article can, of course, be made better but now it is fairly good and most of the info in it is referenced. I could remove several templates about merge suggested, references needed, etc..The article is a bit long but most, if not all, sections seem to be motivated. 
The article Shorthand is a history of shorthand methods , like stenography, but is not about shorthand software today, which is covered by this article, since many autocomplete programs also have an option for a shorthand list of abbreviations. I have added links to and from the article Shorthand and this article. Roger491127 (talk) 21:23, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge has been done

message: More programs should be tested and compared and commented in the article. I have more programs, but I do not know when I will have time to test them. 
Programs to test:
*http://www.typebooster.com/index.php Type booster 24.95 dollars
*http://www.sumitsoft.com/ Typing assist 45 dollars
*http://www.phraseexpress.com/ Phrase Express - freeware
*http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/03/windows/productivity/etype-free-text-auto-complete-software.html eType is free text auto complete application that allows you to write more conveniently and faster than your normal sped. This freeware shows you suggestions as you type. You can quickly pick one of the suggested words to complete text. This text auto complete application works with all the software. You can use this in word processors, web applications, or any other applications. eType detects what you are typing, and quickly shows you related suggestions. Freeware.
The Autoreplace page can be made into a proper disambiguation page, but it works well as it is, so I have not bothered to do this yet. Roger491127 (talk) 12:39, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: To do

message: I hate autocomplete and I want to turn it off.  How do I do this? Biscuittin (talk) 08:56, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have found out how to turn it off in Internet Explorer 11. Go to Tools -> Internet options -> Content -> AutoComplete settings. Can I put this in the article or will it be deleted under WP:NOTHOWTO? Biscuittin (talk) 10:24, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: For Firefox 32. Go to Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History and select "Use custom settings for history". Biscuittin (talk) 12:32, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to turn it off 

message: This is not a requirement. In fact only beginner typists ever look at the keyboard. QuentinUK (talk) 14:46, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "requirement to move eye gaze from the keyboard to the monitor". 

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message: Biology 156.210.70.209 (talk) 17:04, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Science 

message: "Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over multiple locations, each location being a data center. Cloud computing relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and typically using a "pay-as-you-go" model.
The goal of cloud computing is to allow users to take benefit from all of these technologies, without the need for deep knowledge about or expertise with each one of them. The cloud aims to cut costs and helps the users focus on their core business instead of being impeded by IT obstacles. The main enabling technology for cloud computing is virtualization. Virtualization software separates a physical computing device into one or more "virtual" devices, each of which can be easily used and managed to perform computing tasks. " 41.42.57.198 (talk) 21:42, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Pardon? What does this have to do with autocomplete? That seems to be the first paragraph from the article Cloud computing but with some changes. Did you mean to edit that article? — W.andrea (talk) 22:45, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  cloud