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> If an option is highlighted, never change it, even if new data is loaded.

I'd change this to "never change the positions of already visible elements when the person is not typing". Typing something, then trying to click/tap on a result that disappears and gets replaced by something else is infuriating.

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Spotlight in macOS is terrible when it comes to this sort of thing, and it's been that way forever. I can't count how many times I've tried to launch an app with Spotlight only to realize that macOS has conveniently replaced the highlighted top hit (that I wanted) with something else between the time my brain said "go" and my pinky hit "return".

The thing is, it does never really stop: https://i.imgur.com/UVPpYYO.png

Has anyone ever wanted ‘Terminal notifier’ as an option above ‘Terminal’. I think the OS is laughing at me when the little notification pops up.

Edit: my solution has been to rename apps, thereby fixing Spotlight. Every update breaks this though.

Ctrl-, (or Ctrl-T) in Visual Studio (...not VS Code) drives me nuts in this regard. It takes about 2-4 seconds before you can safely select an option without fearing it will be taken away by sleight of hand.

I'm experiencing this daily with Google search results where they keep adding that box around a link you clicked last when you click back in the browser. You press back to return to search results to click the next link in the list and it jumps all the results down and you end up miss-clicking. Infuriating.

On Gboard every time I try to type the word "don't" I type d-o, see the suggestion in the middle, and start reaching for it while I press the "n"... only to have it type Don, the proper name of nobody in my contacts.

yeah both Windows search and iOS search swap things around as they load and it's super frustrating

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