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UPDATE: 1 is done. 2 turned out to be a bug, which is now fixed, i.e. http://duckduckgo.com/?q=r6rs+vote&v= . Thx again for pointing it out!
What about kelvin hobles?
A data point for you: DuckDuckGo doesn't return anything to me because my browser is sufficiently old that the clever results presentation doesn't work. Bing and Google both work fine, degrading gracefully. This isn't a complaint, I know my system (on which I do this sort of stuff) is old, but it is what it is, and DuckDuckGo doesn't work on it.
I tried it and on first day basically what would take 1-2 google queries (simple) turned into 5+ DDG + not found what I needed. I love the idea, features, privacy, but it really does not work for me. Maybe I need some usage tips?? Edit: I'm goona try out this !bang stuff
Thx. I'd appreciate you sending me specific queries that didn't work for you. Feel free to email me any time.
A data point for you: DuckDuckGo doesn't return anything to me because my browser is sufficiently old that the clever results presentation doesn't work. Bing and Google both work fine, degrading gracefully. This isn't a complaint, I know my system (on which I do this sort of stuff) is old, but it is what it is, and DuckDuckGo doesn't work on it.
What system? It does still require JS, but it should work on IE6.
Well, you did ask, and I did warn you it was old ...
The main things I have noticed after using it for a couple of weeks: - Unlike with Bing, I didn't switch back to google after a couple of days - The results often include more relevant pages covering the same topic, whereas google seems to try to return the one best page about a topic. If you are researching something rather than looking for something, Duck Duck Go is better. The second thing is what has so far kept…
I used it (on home puter) for a long time, many months. But I found myself too often doing google searches after ddg one's to find what I wanted. I gave up using it.
It is a continually improving experience, so if that was a while ago, it may be worth another shot. If not, sorry to hear that--but I'd appreciate knowing what types of searches weren't working for you, or better yet the actual searches. You can click 'Give Feedback' on any page (bottom right corner).
http://duckduckgo.com/?q=news.az&v= http://duckduckgo.com/?q=www.news.az&v=
- the layout and font of the results page really bugs me. Century Gothic and Trebuchet are a lot harder to read than Helvetica/Arial, and it just looks goofy for something I need to read quickly and dispassionately about 100 times per day. I really suggest something more utilitarian, e.g., Verdana of HN/reddit would be much better.
- The infinite scroll seems like a good idea in theory, but in reality the growing length of the page makes it harder for me to sense the rank of the current link I'm looking at or where I am on the page. Both Google and Bing tried this kind of display, and abandoned it after a while... Could you at least number your result links?
- To add to that, your headings like "In abbreviations and acronyms", "Other Uses" and "Web links" that divide your infinite list are very small, the same color as other text, and easy to miss. The sections that narrow my search look almost identical to the actual web links. This makes me do some disruptive context checking to discern whether I am going to another web page or searching for something else on DuckDuckGo. Note how your and Google's "Did you mean:" statement is bright red, you should apply the same elevated importance to your disambiguation sections.
- I can't search for an address and immediately see a map of the location.
- You don't suggest image results for things that people almost certainly want images for, e.g., animals, celebrities, or landmarks. I then have to switch to another search engine for that which is an extra step.
Overall, I like what you're doing, I just feel like you need to make some serious improvements to match with the UX of Google or Bing! I can't knock your results or your privacy policy; both those things have seemed to be pretty good so far.
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What system? It does still require JS, but it should work on IE6.
Konqueror 3.0.3 on KDE 3.0.3 on SuSE 8.1 Well, you did ask, and I did warn you it was old ...
I have been using DDG as my primary search engine at home for several months and I've been happy with it. The !commands are of little utility to me, since my browser supports search keywords and I use them extensively. There's a couple areas I can think of that I wish it would improve: 1. Its ability to intelligently bubble up semantic information is very impressive but not as broad as google's, I think. For instance…
On 1, I hope to improve that for verticals like music soon. I'm doing movies right now actually. On 2, there is !i, but you say keywords don't mean much to you. Would it help to have a link to GImages on the right sidebar? Others have requested that as well. On 3, math definitely needs a revision. Conversion syntax has improved recently. In any case, if you send me specific examples that don't work, I'd be happy to m…
btw, great work, ddg has become my search engine of choice (bundled with yubnub ;) )