Since my iTunes' artist list has grown to about some hundred artists, it was very annoying to find specific artists without using the search field in the browser view.
The solution is easy: click an entry in the Artists list, or the column's title (Artist or Album), then just press the first character(s) of the desired artist's name. This works with albums and genres too. I should have found this one much earlier...
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http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030223131307919