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

#1

Post by raxrb » Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 3:48 PM UTC

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?

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

#2

Post by mac3n » Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 3:54 PM UTC

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

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

#3

Post by eimrine » Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 4:00 PM UTC

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

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

#4

Post by ale_jacques » Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 4:47 PM UTC

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.

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

#5

Post by k310 » Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 5:06 PM UTC

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.

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

#6

Post by raxrb » Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 5:43 PM UTC

k310 wrote: post #5

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.

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