Tag: TYPO

Ever wish you could leverage the power of Google Suggest anywhere? I'm going to guess no, but still -- autocompletion is a thing of beauty when it works well. It can be a real time saver, too, especially for computer users whose keyboarding speed is less-than-blinding. Those users might want to check out Google Scribe, a slick new Labs offering that brings Google's suggestion magic to any ...

I think it was around 1997 when I first thought, "gee, it would be great if when I made an obvious typo in a URL, the browser would cleverly fix it for me." I'm glad to see that progress marches apace: URL Fixer is an add-on for Firefox by Netscape developer Chris Finke that, a decade later, solves this problem, or at least takes a good stab at it. When you make an obvious typo--like using a comma ...

Every one of use uses DNS every time we connect to the internet, yet it's been decades since anyone has made any improvements to the end-user experience. In case you're scratching your head (or saying, "DNS? Isn't that the thing that happens when Internet Explorer can't connect?"), DNS is the system that, among other things, translates the addresses you type into your browser into the IP numbers ...

Ever type in a URL incorrectly and wind up on some crazy pop-up ridden landscape of porn and sundries? Those "search" sites are bad enough, but try going to neoppets.com and see what Santa has for you... Microsoft has been tracking "typo-squatters" through its Strider Typo-Patrol Project. And they now have a tool so that you can track the worst offenders. The tool looks at a ...