Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
The autocomplete feature of the mail address field is very convenient,
unless the typist is slow. Since I have never cleared the Collected
Addresses list, I have thousands of entries, so if I type one character
in the mail address field, SeaMonkey immediately begins searching for
that one character. The result is what seems like a hang, until the
search completes a couple of minutes later. The same thing happens if I
backspace to correct my typing and stop with one character left.
Could we introduce a lag so that SM does not begin searching until, say,
1500 ms of inactivity? Alternatively, could we require at least two
characters before the search activates? (I think the second option would
work better, but I'm not a programmer so I don't know what's easy to code)
Thanks.
you probably know this PBG, but for the casual reader, there are about
TEN official bugs relating to autocomplete problems, many of which are
considered duplicates of others.
The so-called autocomplete, is actually a search function, which is the
root of the whole problem.
the key bug is this one:
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=970456>
explore idea? really? I guess starting to spell names from the
beginning, is a new idea to the developers.
GW
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