15. A system comprising a computing device and at least one program module together configured for substantially simultaneously providing, in response to receiving one or more characters that form at least a portion of a query string being provided without an explicit submission of the portion of the query string, both a query result list and a query refinement options list, where the received one or more characters match a pattern that is defined based on a characteristic of a connection.
15. A system comprising a computing device and at least one program module together configured for substantially simultaneously providing, in response to receiving one or more characters that form at least a portion of a query string being provided without an explicit submission of the portion of the query string, both a query result list and a query refinement options list, where the received one or more characters match a pattern that is defined based on a characteristic of a connection. 17. The system of claim 15 further comprising the computer further configured for controlling a frequency at which the providing both the query result list and the query refinement options list is performed, where the frequency is determined based at least in part on the characters.