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by thallada 2199 days ago
But that requires a network request after typing to get results, which is about the same user experience of a search bar that requests some search API.
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> requires a network request

Seems to me that often, though not always, this network request would happen whilst the user is typing — say, busy typing chars 3, 4 and 5. That the netw req won't be noticeable for the human

And, if typing more chars, or backspace-deleting to fix a typo ... no netw request required.

And the same scenario, if typing a 2nd word.

I'm guessing in like 90% of the cases, it'll seem as if there was never a netw req.

True, but it'd still allow your site to be a collection of static files instead of needing a executable running on a backend somewhere.