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by jsnell 1863 days ago
Forms implementing their own autocompletion logic seem like a pretty compelling case. E.g. for a search input, it makes sense to offer suggestions based on the domain (valid values, popular searches) rather than previous inputs for the same browser.
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Yes, we turn it off on the searchbox of our web page because browser's autocomplete gets in the way of our own despite being much less useful.