Re: Slow Spotlight "autostart" searching speed...

Stefan Haller <stk@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Bonge Boo! <bingbong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I type fast, but I can't get more than 2 letters in before it beachballs.
>
> Yes, that's very annoying. I wish it wouldn't start searching at all
> unless I hit return.
>
> To work around that, I'm starting to get into the habit of typing the
> search string somewhere else (mostly in a terminal window, I always have
> a couple of those around), copying it, and pasting it into the search
> window.

This sounds a real arse, frankly. (Still on Panther here.) Surely Apple
must have had loads of complaints about it - perhaps the next version of
Tiger will have the option to change that. Mind you, a lot of this is
about the drive to get people to get more and more memory and faster
processors etc.

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