I feel so sorry to criticize Google a lot recently because of their ugly UI. I'm 98% sure they are working on it they just haven't figured out what they should do haha. But apparently besides that Google is still doing a great job on user experience design, especially on what they are famous for -- the Search. This morning I just found something really interesting and cool about one of their searching features.
Go to www.google.com and type a key word in the search box, but don't hit enter. Here you'll see a list (approximate 10) results that might be the ones you're looking for. Autocomplete is nothing new. It becomes an essential part of searching since it serves 2 functions:
1)Save some time and energy to go to the next result page.
2)Refresh users' long term memory and remind them what they are searching for.
What we usually get from autocomplete are something really short and simple, which totally makes sense. But, fabulous Google shows the title + the URL of the first result. This feature increase and extend the beauty of autocomplete: by seeing the titles and URLs, users get more detailed information of the top result and it's easier for them to decide if they want to select/modify/abandon this key word search.
Devil and Angel both live in the details.
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