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A comment on Typeview – see what your users type before they press ‘enter’.

Re:Typeview – see what your users type before they press ‘en... by bjhoops1 on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:20PM (#5814492)
I hope to god this does not become widespread. I type all sorts of crazy shit in text boxes. Everyone's basic assumption is that no information is sent until you hit 'enter'. Deploying this in the wild would seem like a huge invasion of privacy. Akin to turning on a user's webcam and a screen capture to turn your users into unwitting usability testers. In other words, please use this responsibly.
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Re:Typeview – see what your users type before they press ‘en... by fomojola on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:42PM (#5814608)
Brett, we looked at this more like instant search results (similar to what most search engines do already) where the server updates the results as the user types into the query box. The human operator does increase the privacy questions, though.
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Re:Typeview – see what your users type before they press ‘en... by evan_ on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:44PM (#5814624)
I robbed Fort Knox- I look at it more like I'm simply relocating the gold bars from place to place. The fact that it's all in my basement does increase the grand larceny questions, though.
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Re:Typeview – see what your users type before they press ‘en... by bjhoops1 on Monday June 03, 2013 @02:07PM (#5814785)
Ah, yes - Instant Search... I thought about that as I typed this. I typically find myself naively hoping that Google treats Instant Search differently than (Actual? Real? Not sure what non-instant would be called) Regular Search, and does not store my fingers' wanderings.

A visual cue such as Instant Search makes it much clearer that the server is reacting to your input, I suppose. Absent that, it is rather worrisome.

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Re:Typeview – see what your users type before they press ‘en... by polarix on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:52PM (#5814680)
Woah, Deja Vu!
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Re:Typeview – see what your users type before they press ‘en... by fomojola on Monday June 03, 2013 @02:01PM (#5814739)
No deja vu: just repeating myself so folks don't have to scroll through the entire page looking for responses that may apply to their comments (they may still do so if they choose, but they don't have to).
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