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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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Will be adding dark! You can turn off Instagram and Twitter from the menu on the top right.

that wasn't there before! well done, very cool and am looking forward to Dark Mode!

Cool, yes just added it today! Thank you for voting it up.

For dark mode, are you wanting it automatic based on detection, or a setting?

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Chrome inner width/height is 2492x1452, if that's useful.

Thank you. That is super big. I did push Wikipedia to be more in front when it is relevant. Also I did increase the column width a good amount yesterday after everyone's feedback. I tried widening it even more, but then the images felt too big and less columns are shown. I think it is a pretty good balance right now. Please try it out more now and let me know if you get used to it.

Yeah, I think that's because it's retina?

I've been using this pretty heavily for the last couple of days and I am liking it with the exception of one issue which is becoming a deal-breaker for me: it defaults to opening a new tab, which means that back isn't useful. I could always close the tab, but I have that burned into my muscle memory. Since the shortcut for opening a new tab is also an easy one for most people (cmd-click) it seems unnecessary to force it, IMO. Your call, though :)

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

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Thank you. That is super big. I did push Wikipedia to be more in front when it is relevant. Also I did increase the column width a good amount yesterday after everyone's feedback. I tried widening it even more, but then the images felt too big and less columns are shown. I think it is a pretty good balance right now. Please try it out more now and let me know if you get used to it.

Yeah, I think that's because it's retina? I've been using this pretty heavily for the last couple of days and I am liking it with the exception of one issue which is becoming a deal-breaker for me: it defaults to opening a new tab, which means that back isn't useful. I could always close the tab, but I have that burned into my muscle memory. Since the shortcut for opening a new tab is also an easy one for most people…

I just added a setting to disable "Open in a new tab". Disable it from the drop down menu on the right of the search input, and let me know if that works well for you now?

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It’s pretty nice. I wish I could disable the new tab default though.

I just added a setting to disable "Open in a new tab". Disable it from the drop down menu on the right of the search input, and let me know if that works well for you now?

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

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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…

I just updated the style of these buttons, I hope it feels better for everyone now

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

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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…

I just updated the style of the circle buttons, I hope it feels better for everyone now

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

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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 Dark Mode, take a look and let me know if that is better for you https://swurl.com/

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

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Thank you senectus1! Let me know if you find anything I could improve as you use it.

please add a dark theme and the ability to block results from places like instgram

Just added Dark Mode, take a look and let me know if that is better for you https://swurl.com/
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