A common pattern in typeahead / autocomplete is to show the first suggestion as a hint in the search box itself.
What is its purpose from the UX perspective?
the text "ssh client" in the search box, is what i am talking about
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Sign up to join this communityA common pattern in typeahead / autocomplete is to show the first suggestion as a hint in the search box itself.
What is its purpose from the UX perspective?
the text "ssh client" in the search box, is what i am talking about
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From what i see from the image It's your recent query If you are searching Javascript SSH you actually do not get suggestion inside box. But if you are making the same query after a interval it shows this because it is your recent query.
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That would be most visited links after making a similar query like this by a user. Example: Facebook you search and first link is just facebook because it was clicked more from other users. then there is facebook logo and other options. Hope its clear !!
If i'm not wrong you are asking about this
If this is what you are asking then it's the way we designer help user about what they can really search in a product. or if there is a primary use case of search but that is not actually being searched this is one way to show user that this can be searched. Helping User
Suggestion
If you are talking about auto-suggestion:
Effective search should subtly guide users in creating and reformulating queries. Use as-you-type suggestions (auto-complete, auto-suggest, and instant results) to help users save time, iterate on their searches, and get the results they want.
Auto-Complete
Auto-Suggest
The purpose of auto-complete is to resolve a partial query, i.e., to search within a controlled vocabulary for items matching a given character string. The purpose of auto-suggest is to search a virtually unbounded list for related keywords and phrases, which may or may not match the precise query string.
Use auto-complete to:
Facilitate accurate and efficient data entry Select from a finite list of names or symbols Use auto-suggest to:
Facilitate novel query reformulations Select from an open-ended list of terms or phrases Encourage exploratory search (with a degree of complexity and mental effort that is appropriate to the task). Where appropriate, complement search suggestions with recent searches
This feature is for training the user in the ideal structure of a query, and the hint serves the purpose of communicating (in a highly contextual way) "this is what you should type here".
It's this contextual aspect (i.e. that it appears directly ahead of the cursor, directly in the users field of attention) that differentiates it from the first suggestion in the list, despite them being the same thing.
In the blog post that associated the graduation of this feature from Google Labs to the main search product, Google said:
We find that by providing suggestions upfront, we can help people search more efficiently and conveniently
In the same blog post, the real UX value of the feature is spelled out in detail:
The hint facilitates these aspects by serving as a training tool as described in the first sentence of this answer.
https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/at-loss-for-words.html