Hey Everyone,
As many of you may of noticed many search functions throughout the web are now going to what's called 'Suggestive Search'. What this means is once you start typing in your search request you are given suggestions based on the most popular results. These suggestions are made as you type each letter. Google has been working on this and it is being used in FireFox's Google search bar. Google also has it available in there Google Labs. Apple has been using this technology on their website for a couple of years now and they've added a cool feature where there are graphics displayed for major items within their site.
I'm not sure what type of coding is involved with creating this for our own sites (it's probably easy!) but it would be a useful tool for our clients. Many times before you've even completed entering you're search request you've found the page you're looking for. Let me know your thoughts.
Monday, May 5, 2008
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Hey Jeff,
I love this type of search. I have built a demo for you to check out. its really basic. and there are so much more things you are able to do with it. but check it out at
http://dev.webtech.ab.ca/zztestzone/search/
This is done with basic HTML, AJAX, and ASP.
This is a great blog
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