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

#142
Brilliant implementation. Clear and easy to read. Thanks. One suggestion (which probably follows on from others) is to give the option to disable columns and also maybe move columns? For instance Reddit is placed right over on the right on my page, requiring a scroll. I'd prefer to swap Instagram and Reddit to avoid the sideways scroll.

I also like @alfnor's suggestion for custom search profiles which could lump together specific sources for specific searches. Maybe a Premium option for a fee?

[Edit: also maybe an option to lock different columns together, so you can scroll them together to save scanning time?]

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

#145
By the way, where is innovation in Google Search? I just saw news of one person who built search inside CD-ROMs of the 90s all by themselves. Why doesn’t Google do that with search and integrate it somehow?

Google Search has abandoned any pretense of finding new areas of search.

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

#146
It's very good (will definitely consider moving). Some user feedback:

1) Dark Mode please

2) Toggleable websites; I saw that the websites I was seeing were black-circles in the panel below the search box. I instinctively tried to click on youtube to not see youtube box. It would also be nice to have a global panel where users can choose if they never want to see a certain website.

But these^ are just me being super picky. Overall, a great UX.

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

#149
Wow... You have something here.

I immediately felt... this is the best search interface I've used yet.

I love that I can switch between images and regular search without the extra clicks and forward and back navigation.

Didn't see if you had a news source as well, but imagine that is perfect as well.

The only problem is, I don't know how you move forward from here.

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