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Re:Autocomplete as an Interface (2015) by gbear605 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @10:50AM (#22065585)
> regular English

It looks like the trend is toward autocomplete suggestions for English too. On my phone keyboard, there are autocomplete suggestions to choose from when typing, and GMail now has Smart Compose [1] to do the same thing.

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/09/gmail-sma...

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Re:Autocomplete as an Interface (2015) by mixmastamyk on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:40AM (#22066165)
On the phone it makes sense because input is very constrained. On a keyboard/doc in a language you are fluent in, it is a distraction.
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