Neat jQuery Plugins That Will Help You Customize The Search Box
From the post:
A search box is an important element of a site and for some websites it is the most used one. It is often neglected even though it is really useful for a visitor, but when it isn’t neglected, it is customized according to the site’s needs with visual elements and really good coding.
They can be simple with just design customizations, but with the help of jQuery plugins they can be quite complex and offer a lot of extra functionality that makes searching easier. Delivering to your visitor what he is searching is really important and you should make this function easier for them.
Useful for customizing a search box but shouldn’t autocomplete be useful for form based authoring as well?
Say you know a “name” but don’t remember the subject identifier for that subject. You type in the name and one or more subject identifiers are presented as a pick list for subject you may have in mind. Choosing a subject identifier displays what is known about that subject in map to allow you to self-proof your choice of subject identifier.
I am sure there are other uses for autocomplete in topic map authoring but that is the one that comes to mind.
Others?