Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together

Post by cryptonector » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 3:59 AM UTC

naikrovek wrote: post #66

Someone1234 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows Search requires a DNS lookup, and HTTP request to start your search, as a direct result if either one of those is slow the whole UI lags and hangs. It hasn't ever been fixed in Windows 11. Also, there is a RegX way of disabling "bing" for-real in the search but they released an update that caused doing so to break search entirely if that was set (totally a coincidence I'm sure).

> Windows Search requires a DNS lookup WHY? Why? Why. I’m seriously asking. Who thought that was a good idea? Who?! FIRE THEM. NO USER ever in the history of Windows users ever said: “I want to search the contents of my computer, but windows search is too fast; can you please make windows search extremely slow, make it omit things that I know exist, and also make it search the internet? Also, I want you to index my l…

Post by SoftTalker » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:10 AM UTC

Post by dietr1ch » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:11 AM UTC

OptionOfT wrote: post #7

Reminds me of Windows Search. It's been botched since they added ads to the Start Menu. Pretty soon VSCode will show you intellisense ads in the list of code completions.

Post by godelski » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:21 AM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #72

iOS autocomplete for the longest time was just absolutely insane. It would inject the selected suggested option into the middle of a word when I was correcting a spelling error. Really made me feel like I was doing something weird but I swear I was being normal for once.

Post by novaleaf » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:22 AM UTC