Anycomplete
Productivity
text autocomplete
SHOW HN2016
390points
85comments
#35of 2,264 in 2016
Top 2%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
7 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Execution: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea and good UX
From 3 comments
This sounds grad from the ux perspective! Thanks!
SimonSelg on HNHad this idea a while back: I really enjoyed auto complete in my IDE and configurable expansions and I wanted that everywhere. I threw together an app to run in the background to…
mooman219 on HNGreat idea! I use Google so often for "anycomplete". Created similar extension for Alfred https://github.com/outcoldman/alfred-anycomplete
outcoldman on HN
Hammerspoon is powerful
From 2 comments
I just tried Hammerspoon for the first time this week and it's really, really powerful. Currently working on an automation suite for a bunch of tedious "micro-workflows" that I…
lbotos on HNThis is great, thanks for sharing. I've opened a pull request (#5) with a tweak I made here - hold shift whilst choosing an option to actually show the google results instead of…
pdaddyo on HN
Objections
Relies on Google Autocomplete API, which may be deprecated or unreliable
From 1 comment
This uses the Google Autocomplete API which seems a bit risky to use [0] and according to this Google blog post should be already shut down [1]. Do you have any newer information…
stroebjo on HN
Privacy concerns about sending keystrokes to Google
From 3 comments
What are the privacy implications of this? Is there a duck duck go version?
millettjon on HNnope, I am not sending my keystrokes anywhere
smnplk on HNUniversal autocomplete based on a local index of words? That would be great! Universal autocomplete via google api? Hmm, something to think about. 1) Keyloggers 2) Filter bubbles…
joshuak on HN
Installation or use did not work for some users
From 2 comments
Followed the installation steps, but it doesn't seem to work for me.
thecity2 on HNHow does one get the output into an application? Do I have to use clipboard? Clicking command 1 simply closes the app
justinzollars on HN
Requests
Linux or Windows versions
From 3 comments
Is there any similar tool for linux?
worldsayshi on HNOr Wox http://www.getwox.com/
maturz on HNI'd love to see this as a Keypirinha [1] plugin. [1] http://keypirinha.com/
Ph0X on HN
Local word index instead of Google
From 2 comments
Had this idea a while back: I really enjoyed auto complete in my IDE and configurable expansions and I wanted that everywhere. I threw together an app to run in the background to…
mooman219 on HNUniversal autocomplete based on a local index of words? That would be great! Universal autocomplete via google api? Hmm, something to think about. 1) Keyloggers 2) Filter bubbles…
joshuak on HN
Word definitions support
From 1 comment
This is very useful for people like me who google words to check the correct spelling. Any plans on adding support for definitions / explanations of words? Something like the…
rootlocus on HN
Questions
Is the Google API reliable
From 1 comment
This uses the Google Autocomplete API which seems a bit risky to use [0] and according to this Google blog post should be already shut down [1]. Do you have any newer information…
stroebjo on HN
Is there a DuckDuckGo version
From 1 comment
What are the privacy implications of this? Is there a duck duck go version?
millettjon on HN
Alternatives named
AutoHotkey
From 1 comment
For windows users, I recommend AutoHotkey
mooman219 on HN
AutoKey
From 1 comment
The closest one is probably https://github.com/autokey/autokey
laktak on HN
Alfred
From 1 comment
Great idea! I use Google so often for "anycomplete". Created similar extension for Alfred https://github.com/outcoldman/alfred-anycomplete
outcoldman on HN
Keyboard Maestro
From 1 comment
Have you tried Keyboard Maestro?
wingerlang on HN