Wikipedia Suggest on Bon Echo

Jason Khong — Wed, 17 May 2006 11:29:00 +0800

Been using Bon Echo on OSX for a couple hours now. One thing that’s really needed is a Google Suggest-like feature for Wikipedia in the search box.

While I’m not so keen on Google Suggest (too many results, mostly irrelevant to me), I think it’s a much needed feature for Wikipedia.

Unlike Google, Wikipedia has a finite keyword index. Wikipedia also struggles when you don’t enter the exact keyword. Put these two together, and it’s quite obvious that Wikipedia needs a Wikipedia Suggest, and Firefox should pick that up and put it in Bon Echo.

This being the LazyWeb, here are some resources for whomever is more desperate than I am ;-)

http://www.wikiwax.com/ A Wikipedia Suggest that functions similarly to Google Suggest.
Search and Suggest has a bit of info on how suggest works on Bon Echo.

"Wikipedia Suggest on Bon Echo" by Jason

Wed, 17 May 2006 11:45:40 +0800

Oh wow, inline spellcheck for textboxes are great! Anyone who ever posts anything online really should get this.

Safari and Camino surely implements this so much better. I'm tempted to abandon Firefox again for a more OSX-smart browser.

I miss inline dictionaries now...

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