Google Suggest

[francis]

Another Google Beta! Google Suggest (http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1) works just like something PHP.net had running for a short while a few months ago. Start typing a search term into the text box and Google will suggest content. After reading a thread on MetaFilter, I decided to copy their advice (and not because I was in anyway bored) and typed in 'I love f'. Amongst the suggesstions were:

"I love France"
"I love Firefox"
"I love fat women"
"I love fishes because they're so delicious"
" I love farting"
"I love firemen"

There's probably a more useful use for this, but it's Friday afternoon... It's also a bit clunky and it maybe should have been kept under wraps for a bit longer (IMHO)

[James]

You're right it's very clunky.

And does it have a practical use? Seems pretty pointless to me!

[francis]

When PHP.net had it running (not sure why they took it off), it was really useful. You could start typing in function name and it would populate a dropdown list of possible function names, getting more accurate the more you typed in. Sort of like autocomplete, but just for PHP functions. That was useful as:

1: I always have autocomplete turned off
2: It made accessing things easier.

But this? I really can't see any real future for it. Dunno about anyone else...