a crystalline mind in a cloud of code
May 10, 2007
Google-like Search Results Helper
Representing your search results in a user-friendly way is a common task among web developers. Google’s approach is dead simple but really effective. The matching text is highlighted and shown with its context. This can be implemented in less than 20 lines of code which you can include into you helper:
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Matthias Georgi
Berlin based musician and coder
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