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Autosuggest / Autocomplete with Ajax
Original example
minchars
set to 1. Using country names as in original example.
User example
minchars
set to 3. Using a list of random user names in format "Lastname, Firstname". Try typing "con", wait for the results, delete one character and type "u". Works for me. Commas work as well.