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Re: Show HN: Peekier – A new way to search the web

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Post by notheguyouthink »

fivesigma wrote: post #5
drKarl wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I saw that, that's nice, usability seems better than ddg, but what about privacy? Is it better? similar? worse?

Edit: If you trust Peekier enough, privacy as whole is actually better because you don't even have to click on search results on some occasions, simply because their content is of no interest to you. More information here: https://peekier.com/privacy

> It is actually better because you don't even have to click on search results on some occasions.

Fwiw, i like the site but that seems like a silly assertion. Yes, some sites could do terrible things with your page visit, but a search engine you frequently use could do far worse things than some random site i visit once.

Not knocking the product, i just dislike that statement, and feel it should be reworded. I understand your intent, the sentence just doesn't convey that accurately, imo.

Re: Show HN: Peekier – A new way to search the web

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Post by fivesigma »

notheguyouthink wrote: post #10

This is really cool! I'm honestly sad DDG doesn't use this, because i really like them, but i had no inherent "feature" (personally) that i felt was better than Google Search. This, seems to be better (assuming the search results are even halfway decent) . I could definitely stand for a "no animation mode", though. Ie, screw the css animations. They may be nice to make your site pretty, but when i am trying to ingest…

There is a low graphics mode in the settings. May I ask what browser/OS you are using? I've tested most combinations and even with the CSS blur it should be snappy.

Re: Show HN: Peekier – A new way to search the web

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Post by fivesigma »

notheguyouthink wrote: post #11
fivesigma wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Edit: If you trust Peekier enough, privacy as whole is actually better because you don't even have to click on search results on some occasions, simply because their content is of no interest to you. More information here: https://peekier.com/privacy

> It is actually better because you don't even have to click on search results on some occasions. Fwiw, i like the site but that seems like a silly assertion. Yes, some sites could do terrible things with your page visit, but a search engine you frequently use could do far worse things than some random site i visit once. Not knocking the product, i just dislike that statement, and feel it should be reworded. I unders…

Agreed, trust is a hard thing to build but you have to start somewhere. I've changed my wording.

Re: Show HN: Peekier – A new way to search the web

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Post by notheguyouthink »

fivesigma wrote: post #12
notheguyouthink wrote: post #10

This is really cool! I'm honestly sad DDG doesn't use this, because i really like them, but i had no inherent "feature" (personally) that i felt was better than Google Search. This, seems to be better (assuming the search results are even halfway decent) . I could definitely stand for a "no animation mode", though. Ie, screw the css animations. They may be nice to make your site pretty, but when i am trying to ingest…

There is a low graphics mode in the settings. May I ask what browser/OS you are using? I've tested most combinations and even with the CSS blur it should be snappy.

OSX Sierra, Chrome, Macbook Pro Retina (.. 2013? can't remember haha).

It's fairly snappy, it's just that any animation just bothers me when i'm trying to click from link to link to link, you know?

Ie, if i'm using Google, i open tab after tab in the background for any sites i need to research. That has near instant feedback, no delay. I know it's different, because i'm not actively looking at the background tab, but effectively for my use case that is the UX you are trying to replace by viewing the content in real time, inside your site. So i need to be able to click, and then click away, with as little delay as possible (instant, preferably). An animation just gets in the way for that, to me at least.

Note that i am more than willing to wait for the page to load. I'm not trying to be unrealistic. I just don't want to wait, any time, to popup already loaded content. I suspect the animation also gives the content time to load the higher res version, so that i can't say much about. If it needs to be, it needs to be :)

I'll check out the low graphics mode, thanks!

Re: Show HN: Peekier – A new way to search the web

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Post by lioeters »

Thank you for sharing this, it's a great first impression.

- Clean design - Fast search results with previews - Layout options - User privacy

On the second visit, I noticed the "tags" feature: it's possible to narrow down the search results by suggested key words. Very nice user experience.

One idea: perhaps there can be a description of how to set Peekier as the default search engine (for example: https://duckduckgo.com/install).

I wonder about the practical benefits of having previews, whether it helps me find what I need quicker. The movement of the eyes while scanning through the results feels a little less efficient (scan sideways; look for beginning of next row; repeat) - compared to scanning a list straight down.

Still, the site is intriguing. I'll continue using it to see how it feels.

Another idea, not so related to the search engine feature: I wish there was an "explore" page (like on GitHub) to see what's new/popular/etc.

Re: Show HN: Peekier – A new way to search the web

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Post by cr0sh »

fivesigma wrote: post #7
drKarl wrote: post #6

Another question I have is... who's behind peekier? And how is it funded (servers are expensive, development costs, etc), how does it make money (Google makes money precisely because it doesn't offer those privacy features), and if it doesn't make money what's the agenda behind it?

That would be me. I thought it would be a cool thing to have - previews of a website before you visit it - so I built it. It does not make money but its monthly cost is minimal at the moment. It is too early to discuss "the agenda" behind it because there is none. If it catches on and becomes popular enough, I have a few ideas on how to make it sustainable without sacrificing any of the privacy features.

Based on only spending a couple of minutes with it, I have to say your search engine is the first one that has made me "take notice" in a long time - well, since Google came on the scene.

I definitely plan to check it out more fully when I have some free time - but so far, I'm impressed with it. I like it!

Re: Show HN: Peekier – A new way to search the web

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Post by fivesigma »

vtange wrote: post #19

Is there a way of turning off the screenshot previews? I don't particularly need it all the time and I'd imagine it stresses the engine a bit more than spitting things out in text-based, list format.

I'm afraid not. It's the major differentiator, otherwise it'd be the same as everything else out there.
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