Ask HN: Why there is no autosuggest by default in windows and Mac?

1 pointsraxrb1y ago5 comments

Have you guys felt the need to have autosuggest in windows and mac. I sometimes feel frustrated typing the same thing again and again. The autosuggest feature the way we have on the code editors should be present in every field.

Do you use anything for autosuggest?

5 comments

mac3n1y ago

The opposite - I don't use anything for autocomplete. Except, I suppose, filename completion in the Terminal shell.

k3101y ago

On Mac terminal, use the up-arrow, Luke. Or the usual *nix history editing !whois:p (to make sure you don't do something dangerous twice, like !rm

Auto-anything on ios varies from frustrating to downright hilarious, or as the phone suggests, hula.

raxrbOP1y ago

It can be more like auto suggest the one that is present in code editors.

ale_jacques1y ago

You can have, sort of: System Settings -> Keyboard -> Text Replacements

I have some mostly used shortcuts for my fullname, first and last name, mother's name, father's name, id number etc.

eimrine1y ago

learn touchtyping dude, this is not even hard if you are doing this on dvorak.

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