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I think it was caused by the alpha test geo-blocking filters I had in place that should have been removed. The servers are well structured for scaling and right now they all show very low load usage despite the surge in traffic from HN. I have removed all geo-filters so hopefully that will allow you access the site now if you care to try again. I do appreciate you letting me know about it!
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Congrats on the launch! Looks very clean. There is an unexpected behavior if I search "New York NY". The search box just shows "New York" on the results page. Is that deliberate? Example: https://newsandrumors.com/?q=new+york+ny
Try #newyork for the state or #newyorknewyork for NYC and of course you can add any keywords you want to it after that.
Congratulations on the launch. Site looks nice and fast as well. Just some comments. 1. At the moment you are forced to login if you want to change site theme or font size. It would be nice if you could without logging in. I am fine it with the settings persisting as long as I don't clear the cookies. 2. Are there any plans to support prefers-color-scheme so you don't have to manually set the color to dark? 3. Also,…
1) Are you sure you cannot change the font and and site theme without logging in? I just tested it and it works fine for me in private and incognito modes.
I purposely designed it so a lot of the settings are available via the quick action bar for non-logged in users.
If you have no-script active or have disabled javascript, then the only option would be to login to change them via the Settings page.
Otherwise, you should be able to toggle those easily via the quick action bar above the search results.
2) Definitely. I probably should have already done that.
3) I am still thinking on this. My plan was to soon remove it for upgraded accounts. There is no user-specific tracking, but by anonymously tracking clicks in general it helps with ranking and generating "popular" search results order.
A search that delivers results containing my search term and nothing else is pure genius. It's a wonder major search engines never thought of it.
Hi, I have some accessibility related requests regarding the design. Are you opened to suggestions?
That said, any other suggestions would definitely be appreciated.
Congratulations on the launch. Site looks nice and fast as well. Just some comments. 1. At the moment you are forced to login if you want to change site theme or font size. It would be nice if you could without logging in. I am fine it with the settings persisting as long as I don't clear the cookies. 2. Are there any plans to support prefers-color-scheme so you don't have to manually set the color to dark? 3. Also,…
Thank you! 1) Are you sure you cannot change the font and and site theme without logging in? I just tested it and it works fine for me in private and incognito modes. I purposely designed it so a lot of the settings are available via the quick action bar for non-logged in users. If you have no-script active or have disabled javascript, then the only option would be to login to change them via the Settings page. Other…
A search that delivers results containing my search term and nothing else is pure genius. It's a wonder major search engines never thought of it.
It is really surprising and somewhat irritating that it is not more common.
P.S. Just out of curiosity, what's the business model for this site?