1. Search autocomplete

Thats actually the reason I wanted a beta mode first to make sure that javascript works fine for everyone, and doesn't annoy people. The autocomplete data is supplied by new MondoSearch Behaviour Tracking web service based on actual search queries at sdn5, which is very neat.

For client side I've used prototype and scriptaculous javascript frameworks, and I've enjoyed using them both very much. Prototype adds a lot of basic stuff making js coding much easier, and scriptaculous builds high-level effects using prototype. And it even has ready-made ajax and local autocomplete controls making the task really easy. I look forward to playing with them more, but don't want to abuse sdn with cheesy effects.

I'd also like to make use of behaviour in future so that html is totally clean from javascript bits. The downside of all that is of course that its quite a bit of javascript code to download at first visit.

2. Remember me and logout

I think was a very popular request and its a shame that I haven't added it before. I've set it to expire in a day for now, but with sliding expiration enabled. Anyway, this one is also in beta for a while because its not an optimal solution yet, unfortunately.

Hopefully this won't turn into a google-like betas, and I'll move it to a live version soon. Let me know if something doesn't work for you or you simply don't like it.


ps. Sdn5 also has page titles now (again, shame on me), but I was brave enough to make that huge modification on a live site at once.