mac triage: I trip over this fairly regularly too. jdonnelly@, do you have any idea who to route this to?

pkasting: is this something you've considered?

A few thoughts:
- It sounds like ryanmitchellwilson@gmail.com is already aware that this behavior can be disabled with the "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" setting but for anyone else interested, that's an available option. However, it also disables non-local-history suggestions in the drop-down list as well. There's no way to disable the typing completion without also disabling server suggestions.
- ryanmitchellwilson@gmail.com: our first preference would be to make the feature work better for you rather than add yet another setting. Would it help, for example, if there was a delay before the autocomplete?
- Also, would you care if disabling autocomplete also disabled URL completion?

jdonnelly@: this has been discussed ad nauseum, even as recently as yesterday.  On the bug ( bug 667922 ) yesterday pkasting's expressed his opinion again.  Reading that comment thread is worthwhile to understand where we currently stand on this issue.

ryanmitchellwilson@: I see you had filed the bug that we discussed over the last week (including yesterday).  I know you don't agree with the decision.  Please don't file new bugs for the same issue just because you disagree.  As pkasting said, if you have concrete examples--of which you must have many because you say 90% of the time the omnibox does not work well for you--please file a new bug with those examples so we can work to improve when the omnibox inline autocompletes and when it does not.  Simply post the chrome://omnibox for the input in question (the input that inline autocompletes when you think it shouldn't).  Please have the "Show all details" and "Show results per provider" checkboxes checked.  (Don't worry about formatting the resulting dump, just copy-and-paste it.)

Improving the omnibox in general can benefit everyone; adding an option that a tiny, tiny percent of users will use does not, and will also make the omnibox harder to develop for and maintain.

Turning off the "Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar" doesn't work. I tried that before even filing this bug. Turning off that setting literally did not do anything, I still see predictions in the dropdown and it still autofills in my bar. 

Regarding the other bug, It was closed without any discussion so I opened this one to actually get some feedback, then pkasting replied after I had filed the new bug. I would suggest actually discussing the problems with people and trying to figure out a solution before just saying "No not doing that". When you just disregard an issue without discussing it, that will cause a lot of frustration and anger for everyone involved. 

@2: "Use a prediction service" doesn't affect autocompletion, including autocompletion of past searches; it turns off server-side suggest.

@4:  Bug 667922  comment 2 is not an example of "closed without discussion", let alone "deleted the issue" as in comment 0 here.  I commented further at your request, but it's not true that you were forced to file this bug because you were given the silent treatment elsewhere.

You can disagree with decisions and even request more discussion without misrepresenting others' actions.

Not replying for 5 days and only replying when I send you a private message about it isn't continuing the discussion, you said one thing which was basically 'No' and never replied to us. That is an example of "Closed without discussion" because you closed the issue without discussing the problems and needs of it with the people involved in the thread.

@3 This is not a "tiny, tiny percent of users", just do a quick search about it and people have been asking for it for years now! Also when your own employees see this as a problem I feel like it should be address.

I guess I just don't understand why adding a toggle on a feature that tons of people do not like is a bad thing, or why you think it is so difficult to implement. I develop software daily and we give many features the ability to toggle, especially when people request it. 

But whatever, I guess there are some companies that care about their user's experience and others that do not. I know this wont change your stance here, just wanted to get my opinion out there. I'll stop pushing for this, but I really think you should reconsider. Thanks for your time.