NWF_Renim said:
It is and isn't predictable. The fact that what comes up from a shortcut isn't static and completely dependent on tag count means that you'll never be able to reliably know what a shortcut does until you actually use it.
You can see what the shortcut does in autocomplete before you hit enter. You're not expected to use these shortcuts completely blind without seeing what they'll do first.
The instability is unfortunate, but regular autocomplete already suffers from the same problem. You get used to a certain tag being first in autocomplete, but then we do an alias or implication and suddenly it's no longer the first tag. Or some new tag comes out and it becomes more popular than your tag. Now you have to retrain your muscle memory. It's annoying but you just have to get used to it.
Dolmatov said:
What about create short name group?
/cp/COPYRIGHT /ch/CHARACTER /m/META /a/ARTIST /g/GENERAL
Sign separator "/" for fast type, or another sign ("|", "\", etc). I write cp|ch|m|a|g, but exist short name (howto:tag) also aviable to use.
If write without tag group, then use basic algorithm. Else use group filtered basic algorithm.
I think this is too hard to type. In most cases it would be easier to just type e.g. /fe then use down arrow if the tag you want isn't at the top of the list.
Username_Hidden said:
/kh would change from Kingdom Hearts to Kagiyama_hina.
While it is true that Hina has more posts overrall, KH is more famous, having games still coming out, while Hina is just a minor Touhou character coming from a 13-years old game (and i'm not sure if she has ever received any new appearance since).
My point is that copyrights and characters always lose popularity over time, so anything that gives priority to copyright or character tags over general tags eventually ends up with good shortcuts being wasted on old tags.
