When autocomplete goes bad
In common with a lot of AJAX-based sites, ZoomIn makes a lot of use of autocompletion, specifically to make it easier and more reliable to enter addresses. But thanks to this article from Gizmodo, we can see some of the hilarious questions that come up when autocomplete kicks in too early: Ask.com helpfully starts completing a phrase such as “is it legal to” with some bizarre and sometimes hilarious queries from other users.
But my favourite is an example that shows the touching faith that some people have in the Internet. Apparently it will answer questions that have stumped philosophers since the dawn of humanity:
November 5th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Awesome! Heh 🙂