Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by dropicon » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 11:05 AM UTC

Show HN: New drag and drop search engine
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Re: Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by doublerabbit » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 5:01 PM UTC

Well that’s refreshing.

Re: Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by dropicon » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 5:28 PM UTC

doublerabbit wrote: post #2

Well that’s refreshing.

Thanks for taking the time to take a look.

Re: Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by Chicago77 » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 11:51 PM UTC

Brilliant. Needs more results but I like the concept.

Re: Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by nquryshi » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 6:09 AM UTC

Super interesting! Wondering if this can potentially have a practical use case over google?

Re: Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by dropicon » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 9:30 AM UTC

nquryshi wrote: post #5

Super interesting! Wondering if this can potentially have a practical use case over google?

Thank you. Yes hopefully it can and it works really well on desktop or mobile.

Re: Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by bananicorn » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 10:53 AM UTC

Interesting concept, really clean execution - although I wonder: Where do you see the use-case?

Something domain-specific, like maybe cooking recipes where you combine icons representing the ingredients?

A search where you could mix and match all kinds of game genres?

It would have to be something where the icons are understandable at a glance, and where you can just throw them into the 'pot' without much further thought.

As it is right here, I don't see why I would use this over a traditional text-based search engine, but I could imagine this working rather well in a more confined setting, maybe embedded in another website :)

Re: Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by dropicon » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 11:17 AM UTC

bananicorn wrote: post #7

Interesting concept, really clean execution - although I wonder: Where do you see the use-case? Something domain-specific, like maybe cooking recipes where you combine icons representing the ingredients? A search where you could mix and match all kinds of game genres? It would have to be something where the icons are understandable at a glance, and where you can just throw them into the 'pot' without much further tho…

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.

Re: Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by splittydev » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 3:42 PM UTC

Looks pretty cool and I generally like the concept, but most combinations come up with 0 results.

Re: Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

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Post by splittydev » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 3:47 PM UTC

splittydev wrote: post #9

Looks pretty cool and I generally like the concept, but most combinations come up with 0 results.

For example, if I put in Flights and Funny, I'd expect to get funny flight stories. If I type the query into google as "flights" "funny" I'm getting exactly the type of results I'd expect from your search engine as well. Just some constructive criticism. I really like the idea.