Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

you.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

161–170 of 477 posts

Re: Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

#161

Post by Arnavion »

smoldesu wrote: post #158
richardsocher wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yea... Requiring the extension for navbar searches was a tough choice. You actually can try it out in incognito mode and any other browser. But we found that without the convenience of a navbar search, most people won't give it a proper try either way. I hope we can drop this requirement even in Chrome when we become one of the default options. We will implement an a/b test and see if we can get rid of the requiremen…

Is there a way for me to use it without omnibar integration? I'd really prefer to leave my search engine as-is...

Type the URL manually? Your browser might even auto-URL-encode the search terms for you so you don't have to bother doing it yourself.

Re: Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

#163

Post by primitivesuave »

ulber wrote: post #124

I found your pitch really interesting, I'd love to try it. I, however, refuse to install an extension and change my default search engine just to be allowed to type in a search query. I'm sure you have some "growth hacking" reason for this that is compelling to you. Maybe you hope that the slight annoyance of switching back will outweigh the inevitable annoyances with a new product like this. It does come off as user…

I strongly second this. I immediately gave up on trying it out once I realized I had to download something. Your KPIs should be around how sticky your search features are, it seems like it is currently based on download counts.

Re: Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

#164

Post by skinkestek »

swethmandava wrote: post #155
skinkestek wrote: post #139

While this is a thing I'd very much like to try I make a point out of not using Chrome && badgering everyone who tries to force me to use it. Had to use it the other day to verify if a particular bug at a customer system was Firefox-specific (as usual it wasn't) but it meant a four months streak or so was wasted :-/ So no, while this is really interesting it still has to be even more interesting for me to allow that…

You should be able to use you.com on other browsers - let us know if you have issues! :)

Yes, it just confused me.

The big blue "install Chrome extension" got all my attention and it also didn't help that the placeholder text in the search field came off as decoration, but in the end I admit I didn't read carefully.

Re: Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

#165

Post by eikenberry »

ulber wrote: post #124

I found your pitch really interesting, I'd love to try it. I, however, refuse to install an extension and change my default search engine just to be allowed to type in a search query. I'm sure you have some "growth hacking" reason for this that is compelling to you. Maybe you hope that the slight annoyance of switching back will outweigh the inevitable annoyances with a new product like this. It does come off as user…

I'm confused. If you go to you.com there is a search field right there just like every other search site. No extension is needed to try it. Why do you say you aren't allowed to search without the extension?

Re: Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

#166

Post by DrammBA »

Arnavion wrote: post #161
smoldesu wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a way for me to use it without omnibar integration? I'd really prefer to leave my search engine as-is...

Type the URL manually? Your browser might even auto-URL-encode the search terms for you so you don't have to bother doing it yourself.

I tried, all roads lead me to the message prompting me to install the extension.

Re: Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

#167

Post by [deleted] »

alex_smart wrote: post #131
srhngpr wrote: post #28

If your search engine requires an extension to work and display the results, it's a total non-starter. Cannot suggest this to any non-HN crowd. Good luck.

You can remove "&fromSearchBar=true" from the address and it will show the results.

[deleted]

Re: Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

#168

Post by icelancer »

eikenberry wrote: post #165
ulber wrote: post #124

I found your pitch really interesting, I'd love to try it. I, however, refuse to install an extension and change my default search engine just to be allowed to type in a search query. I'm sure you have some "growth hacking" reason for this that is compelling to you. Maybe you hope that the slight annoyance of switching back will outweigh the inevitable annoyances with a new product like this. It does come off as user…

I'm confused. If you go to you.com there is a search field right there just like every other search site. No extension is needed to try it. Why do you say you aren't allowed to search without the extension?

Try it in Chrome. It blocks you after you try to search.

Re: Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

#169

Post by version_five »

eikenberry wrote: post #165
ulber wrote: post #124

I found your pitch really interesting, I'd love to try it. I, however, refuse to install an extension and change my default search engine just to be allowed to type in a search query. I'm sure you have some "growth hacking" reason for this that is compelling to you. Maybe you hope that the slight annoyance of switching back will outweigh the inevitable annoyances with a new product like this. It does come off as user…

I'm confused. If you go to you.com there is a search field right there just like every other search site. No extension is needed to try it. Why do you say you aren't allowed to search without the extension?

Yeah, I've been playing with it all day, and this thread was is only place i heard about an extension- it sounds like its if you want to make it the default on chrome when you type search terms into the navigation bar

It's also pretty telling that all of these complaints are coming based on what appears to be a workaround for Google's attempt to lock you into their search when you use their browser.

Re: Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs

#170

Post by cududa »

primitivesuave wrote: post #163
ulber wrote: post #124

I found your pitch really interesting, I'd love to try it. I, however, refuse to install an extension and change my default search engine just to be allowed to type in a search query. I'm sure you have some "growth hacking" reason for this that is compelling to you. Maybe you hope that the slight annoyance of switching back will outweigh the inevitable annoyances with a new product like this. It does come off as user…

I strongly second this. I immediately gave up on trying it out once I realized I had to download something. Your KPIs should be around how sticky your search features are, it seems like it is currently based on download counts.

If they published the extension source that might be more reasonable. I assume the extension is so a lot of heavy lifting on hitting individual apps/ API's happens locally to alleviate costs or rate limiting
Post reply on HN