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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 ryes »

alfnor wrote: post #110

Very smooth! I'd appreciate being able to create custom search profiles (like Brave Goggles). If I'm searching for a famous person, I might want Wikipedia, Goodreads, Twitter, Instagram, [music streaming service(s)], Twitch, and YouTube results. If I'm searching for medicine, I might want Wikipedia, PubChem, MedLinePlus, and Examine.com results. If I'm searching for a question, I might want StackExchange, Reddit, Quo…

Just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you!

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

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Post by ryes »

kytazo wrote: post #111

I'm almost convinced that such a layout is the future of search results. I think open sourcing the code would turn this thing into the next searx or saerx might end up picking an up an idea or two. In any way it would be great many people contributing to something like this and implement missing functionality. Speaking of it, you can rule out any column you don't wanna see by appending a couple of rules into uBblock…

Thank you for that super nice comment. Just trying to do something new and creative :)

If enough people ask to open source that is possible.

Just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you!

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Post by Night_Thastus »

My only major complaint is that in the "images" section you see a lot of repeated images. I know that taking all the results and doing some kind of difference check on them/finding the highest quality version is not a simple or particularly computationally quick operation - but it would drastically improve the usefulness given the small size of the window.

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Post by ryes »

AlexanderTheGr8 wrote: post #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 p…

Just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you!

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

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Post by ryes »

NayamAmarshe wrote: post #60

Well, It works and it's a cool idea but I just don't appreciate an Instagram feed in my search results. That thing tracks you like rescue dogs.

Just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you!

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

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Post by ryes »

pschuegr wrote: post #5

I like this quite a bit. I'd consider using something like this if only because it doesn't have ads at the top (it's a low bar). Some comments: - it seems like the order of the columns is not consistent across searches? - I'm on the laptop and the columns extend past the edge vertically - I can scroll but it's not ideal. I expect this isn't a problem on a bigger screen. - personally I don't care much for the Amazon a…

Just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you! I will think of adding others like Amazon.

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Post by AlexanderTheGr8 »

ryes wrote: post #171
AlexanderTheGr8 wrote: post #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 p…

Dark mode is definitely on the short list of future todos... will probably get to it in the next 30 days. On toggleable, that is interesting feedback. It is a bit different. I wonder what made you feel like it was a toggle... The clickable round circles is a bit like iOS calendar. So it shouldn't be hugely unfamiliar. I did try playing around with different button looks before. But I'll think about this problem... th…

As a picky user, I would like to have the option to remove a box of any website. E.g. I don't like youtube thumbnails (and don't think of youtube as a good resource), so it would be nice to have the option to remove it.

As for implementation, it should be easy to allow users to remove any boxes, right?

PS : As for the clickable round circles, if there is a list with some black circles and others white, it just feels very intuitive to click on a black circle to make it white. It could be that I don't get this because I don't use iOS.

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

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Post by AlexanderTheGr8 »

Is there any way to get google cards? Google's cards are so useful because they answer 80% of queries without the user having to go into the website (which usually takes 2-3 seconds + ads)

But I understand if google doesn't want to allow devs to get access to their cards.

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

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Post by ryes »

wasw wrote: post #113

What a positive surprise, I wasn't expecting something like this tbh. The UX is amazing. I will use it for sure with some additional and essentials features for me at least: - Ability to add and remove some columns: I have no interest in using Instagram or Twitter in my search results and I have interest in using Stackoverflow or HN for example. - Ability to customize the width of each column for desktop: I have read…

:) happy it was a good surprise! Thank you for the nice words.

Ok just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you! Stackoverflow is there right now. Not sure how best to trigger HN, let me know if you have any suggestions on that. Probably not good to show it all the time.

I did test the Google column wider for a couple of weeks, but ended up changing it the same as the other columns. Design wise it came out that consistency was a lot more valuable for UX. Let me know after you use it for a while and get use to things, I will reconsider adding this if it still would help you!

On ordering, you mean manually? Right now I am trying to do that all automatically without thinking or manual settings, and trying to optimize for relevancy. Let me know more about your problems or ideas here.

For changes, right now based on all the feedback, seems like I should consider more sources, sort options, and dark mode?

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

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Post by ryes »

AlexanderTheGr8 wrote: post #258

Is there any way to get google cards? Google's cards are so useful because they answer 80% of queries without the user having to go into the website (which usually takes 2-3 seconds + ads) But I understand if google doesn't want to allow devs to get access to their cards.

Yes that would be great, but yes Google doesn't provide that. I could improve it a bit if you give me some good examples. Right now there is definitions, math, weather, stocks, maps....

I could try to add some with some more feedback

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