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by ParetoOptimal 902 days ago
Do you find auto complete on type similarly distracting? I do in some contexts but not others.
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Yes, I find it absolutely awful. It covers things I want to see and most keypresses it provides no value. I'm somewhat more sympathetic to UI's if they provide auto-complete in a static separate panel that doesn't change so quickly. It feels to me like a beginner's crutch, but even when I'm working in languages I don't know I'd much rather call it up as needed so I actually get a chance to improve my recall.