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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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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.

Yes I agree, especially with wikipedia. But I was thinking sometimes people still want it in images so they can click and get directly to the image? What do you think about that case?

If you have some more examples of queries where this is happening, that would help me improve things!

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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…

Thank you for the info!

I did just add disabling Instagram and Twitter, does that help you? You can set it in the dropdown menu on the top right.

Do you think I should add Youtube? Youtube is pretty popular with most people.

Ahhh, yes. I understand what you mean with the black circles looking at it that way.... I was thinking it would be ok since iOS calendar has black circles as primary. I did remove the circle border I had around the white buttons to try to make it look weaker. I could make it colored, to maybe make it feel better. What would you do to fix this?

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This is pretty cool! I'm finding it very useful for searching for tattoo artists since they often have personal sites, Instagram, Reddit, etc.

Tattoos, that is a good use! Glad it helps you. Please let me know if you have any more feedback on what could be improved!

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Thank you for your detailed feedback! It should look pretty clean, unless you have a browser that always shows scrollbars. What browser and operating system are you using? I think Windows and IE might show scrollbars more. Should look good on majority of popular browsers like mobile and Chrome. But if you give me more details I can look into how it looks on your side. I did try adding a stronger header look before...…

You're right, I was viewing from a Windows machine (Chrome), and I haven't checked it on my Mac yet. I will try and do it on the weekend if I remember or have the time. I honestly think there's a lot you can do on the UI side, especially if you plan on having people commit to using this engine on a daily basis.

Cool, ya let me know if it looks better for you on Mac. Ya that is the problem on Windows, especially older Windows machines. I think there is a setting on Windows to make the scrollbars work more like Mac on Chrome?

Yes will be trying to improve the UI more. Please try it more this weekend and let me know any more advice you have!

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It looks really nice, I'll be using it from now on! Thanks.

Ahhh, awesome you will be using it regularly! Makes me happy it is helpful to people. I will be improving things! Please email me if you have anything that could be improved. My email is on the website top right dropdown.

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It looks really nice, I'll be using it from now on! Thanks.

I am honestly kind of in shock, I truly went with the mindset of let's check this new UX for 20 seconds that I'm never gonna really use but might have something cool since it's upvoted to let's see how to make this the default on chrome and give it an actual go. OP sincere congrats on the effort.

Trufa, for reals. I know how you feel. Gives me a smile that it surprised you. I'm surprised people like it so much :) I haven't shown many people before this.

That would be awesome if you made it default and tried using it regularly! Here are instructions for Chrome https://swurl.com/default.html

Thank you!

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I'm still working on a reverse of google-desktop-linux-latest, they've left debugging info in it, maybe someone can liberate their old search algorithm.

What is google-desktop-linux-latest? Edit: presumably https://web.archive.org/web/20110205055647/http://desktop.go...

That's the one.

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Wahoo, thank you for making Swurl your default search. Ya on an ultrawide, it is beautiful to see! If you give me some more examples, I will add them. I am seeing a lot for hacker news. But how do you think it should be triggered? Show all the time, or show only in certain cases? For industry things, it would be super helpful if you tell me some exact ones since I'm not in all industries, so I would really know first…

Thinking out loud here I frequently search: LinkedIn Slack if looking up startups: pitchbook/crunchbase/techcrunch / finsmes industry specific (insurance): coverager, insurance journal, propertycasualty360, etc Perhaps if I logged into swurl, I could set a column to custom search one or multiple websites using a "site:" appended search (like others have mentioned)

Good thinking. Linkedin is super closed off. I tried integrating that more, but had a hard time figuring out how.

Startup sources, that is good. I could do that!

I'll look more into insurance.

Keep it coming! Love your good examples and sources.

I'm trying not to do a logged in experience right now. People really hate logging into things and figuring out options. I mean, it is a really low percentage and usage compared to the amount of coding work... But please think out more, I'll be thinking on these things!

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This would be fabulous for switching between brave, duck duck go, and Google. I love the UX, finally something worthwhile in the browser space. Available for purchase at any point?

Would love to do that too, but so far I can not find an API for brave or ddg search results. Thank you for your compliment about the UX!

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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…

Check out https://combinedsearch.io/ as well

Checked it out! Yes multiple searches seems like a good new direction
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