Safari URL autocompletion matching should not be anchored

Originator:catfish.man
Number:rdar://6625076 Date Originated:25-Feb-2009
Status:Duplicate/6389168 Resolved:
Product:Safari Product Version:Safari 4.0 Beta
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Summary: 
While the new URL autocompletion in Safari 4 is a great improvement (thanks!), it would be nice to be able to match the middle of page URLs and titles. For example, many forums have URLs of the form "forum.domain.com". Including the forum subdomain in the completion list for domain would make it less likely for people to have to remember the exact url.

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Visit adiumx.com
2) Visit forum.adiumx.com
3) Type adium in the url bar

Expected Results:
Both adiumx.com and forum.adiumx.com appear in the completion list

Actual Results:
Only adiumx.com appears in the completion list

Comments

Also agree

This is the major reason I consider moving back to firefox. (The other reason is the lack of a community edited form filling tool like Sxipper.)

By andrea at Jan. 25, 2010, 12:39 p.m. (reply...)

I agree

This is very annoying in safari. The awesome bar in Firefox handles this perfectly and almost makes me want to switch back.

By astrodud at June 15, 2009, 4:22 p.m. (reply...)

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