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Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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ryes wrote: post #30
visarga wrote: post #27

Are you reranking results with neural nets? I'd like to have a personalised filter + reranker that can sit on top of everything else. We need to take back control of our feeds. I think the trifecta of user control is - filtering, ranking and UI. Any of them can be used by big corporations in shady ways. Your meta search engine is already a new UI and allowing multiple sources empowers users. But we need more than tha…

Hrmm, that is some deep feedback. I thought people are really into privacy right now. For personalization I'd need to add registration and profiling and controls you need to click. Would you be into that? What types of searches are you into? Could you give me some examples to think about, that would be very helpful. Thank you!

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Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by pleb_nz »

On mobile and I couldn't get it to do anything. Doesn't seem very intuitive.... You only get a few seconds of someones time when they first visit, it needs to be drop dead simple.

I see alot of other comments saying how easy and intuitive it is, so confused why I get nothing and can't figure out how to get something.

Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by ryes »

tomschwiha wrote: post #52

You should add a cookie banner for EU users as you track users with google analytics without any consent. Also you should make it clear that the amazon results are ads and you earn money with your company with them.

Good points, sorry about that. I will add that, thank you!

I just threw on GA so I can see some basic usage data.

Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by pigtailgirl »

ryes wrote: post #49
pigtailgirl wrote: post #46

-- column for "unexpected" would be cool - "747 airplane" generated page I almost pictured before I hit enter - in a way that's good - however it would be fun to have a little more "weird" discovery thrown in there somehow --

https://swurl.com/?q=747+airplane that looks pretty Hrmmm, that is a great idea. I like it. Do you have an idea of a good source for that? Is there a website you like for discovering the unexpected? I guess maybe something like 9gag? https://9gag.com/search?query=747%20airplane

-- not sure about a complex solution however bet the GNOD guy would have an idea - he uses HN I think - https://www.twitter.com/marekgibney - less complex would be just grab a random result from each of the first 4 through 14 paginations of the google results? (it that makes sense?) --

Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by ryes »

pleb_nz wrote: post #53

On mobile and I couldn't get it to do anything. Doesn't seem very intuitive.... You only get a few seconds of someones time when they first visit, it needs to be drop dead simple. I see alot of other comments saying how easy and intuitive it is, so confused why I get nothing and can't figure out how to get something.

Please try a few more searches.

What searches are you doing where it doesn't get anything? That would help me figure out what looks wrong, thank you for the feedback!

Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by spdustin »

ryes wrote: post #41
Version467 wrote: post #35

I’ve tried it on mobile and it works very well. Super smooth navigation, nothings lagging or moving in unintuitive ways. But for me personally the preview of the next column takes up just a little too much space. Coupled with the fact that the active column has no white space on the left and is off center makes it feel a little cramped. But I think this could be solved with a little tweaking. The overall layout looks…

Great it is working good for you, that makes me very happy. Glad it is smooth and fast. I tried really hard to make it super fast and optimized and small. Thank you very much for your spacing feedback. What device are you using to browse? I could try making the column a bit more wider and more spacing... It is a big tradeoff between information density and spacing. Maybe give it a try for a week and let me know if yo…

I had a similar thought to the previous commenter. Perhaps the overflow hints could take up half of the current width, which would allow for a slightly wider first and last column. That, along with with a gradient overlaid on the sides with overflow available, fading from white at the screen edge to transparent, may provide the visual affordance you’re seeking, and the de-emphasis that seems appropriate.
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