(except for the part about people with bear arms, awesome.)

1. A method of processing text entered into a personal computing device with a pointing device, the method comprising:
   1. receiving a partial text entry;
   2. obtaining a dynamically generated list of completion candidates based on the partial text entry;
   3. displaying the list of candidates in a search list within a graphical user interface;
   4. receiving a user input signal associated with the pointing device;
   5. if the user input signal corresponds to a first type of user selection with the pointing device, deactivating the search list; and
   6. if the user input signal corresponds to a second type of user selection with the pointing device, replacing the partial text entry with a completion candidate from the search list.