What my users are looking for is a dropdown list that allows you to
type, and
as you type characters, the items in the dropdown scroll to the item
with the
same starting characters.  For example:

If I have a dropdown with a list containing
Allison, Carol
Almond, Shirley,
Becker, John
Beckwith, Mary
Smith, Allison
Smith, Tom

As the user types... 'B' brings us to the beginning of the B's, and
then
types 'eckw' Beckwith, Mary would be highlighted.

The current behavior is to match only the first character in the list
to
each cahracter that is typed.