*real* type-ahead find

[Jon Hicks]

> I'm not talking about auto-fill, I mean type-ahead find. Safari does 
> not have it either, but Camino and Opera do. With type-ahead find, 
> when you arrive at a page, and begin typing, the browser finds the 
> text in the webpage matching the letters that you type. Omniweb does 
> this with *links* (not quite as useful), but not with all the text.

I'd love to see this too. The saft extension for Safari allows you to 
do this too, and its a feature I use a lot. Type a string, and then 
cmd-g to skip to the next instance. It would be an excellent addition 
to Omniweb's Find function.

Cheers,
Jon

-----------------------------------------------
// hicksdesign
10 pine rise / witney / oxon / OX28 1EY / uk
T: +44 (0)1993 848 552*
F: 0871 733 4594 (uk only)
(*office closed on Fridays)

Portfolio, blog & downloads:  http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk
------------------------------------------------


On 6 Oct 2004, at 23:25, listservs at mac.com wrote:

> I'm not talking about auto-fill, I mean type-ahead find. Safari does 
> not have it either, but Camino and Opera do. With type-ahead find, 
> when you arrive at a page, and begin typing, the browser finds the 
> text in the webpage matching the letters that you type. Omniweb does 
> this with *links* (not quite as useful), but not with all the text.
>
> On Wednesday, October 06, 2004, at 06:17PM, Karl Kuehn 
> <larkost at softhome.net> wrote:
>
>> 	Have you added things to the autofill settings? Or turned on the
>> "Always save submitted forms for Autofill" on. That preference will
>> basically match what Safari does, but OmniWeb by default has a more
>> secure/paranoid behavior where you much choose to save the information
>> (View -> Save Form for Autofill).
>>
>> 		Karl Kuehn
>> 			larkost at softhome.net
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2004, at 4:59 PM, listservs at mac.com wrote:
>>
>>> I just downloaded the 5.1 beta, and was hoping to find real 
>>> type-ahead
>>> find capability (i.e. any text in the page, not just links). This is 
>>> a
>>> very useful feature, and would prevent me from using Omniweb as my
>>> primary browser (and buying it!). There have been a couple requests
>>> for this feature already, and I am wondering (1) whether it is to be
>>> expected soon or (2) if it is already implemented and I have not
>>> turned it on?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Christopher J. Fonnesbeck ( f o n n e s b e c k @ m a c . c o m )
> Georgia Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
> University of Georgia, Athens GA
> _______________________________________________
> OmniWeb-l mailing list
> OmniWeb-l at omnigroup.com
> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/omniweb-l
>