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Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

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Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

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Post by dewey »

Nathanba wrote: post #34
poetril wrote: post #32

Kagi has been one of my all time favorite products. It has enriched my search experience drastically. One of my favorite features I don't see talked about enough is the keybindings. Using vim keys for navigating search results is such a fantastic user experience, and much like normal vim I'm not sure I could go back to navigating search any other way. I also really appreciate their AI quick-search feature is explicit…

I just don't understand how they can think that not giving me a single free search per month is a good idea. I used Kagi when they still had a free plan and it was fine but I still preferred Google. Now I can't even try it again to see if it has additional value.

As a business you don't want to serve everyone. That's why many companies after a while raise their prices, even if that prices out the enthusiast market they served at the beginning so they can go further up market.

Often times it does not make sense to serve free users who are often causing more hassle than it's worth. Having a free trial and then either converting users or not makes sense, but serving a user who uses it for a few queries every month ("I check every few months and only do a few searches at most") potentially does not exactly make sense business wise or even warrant the time building that free tier for an audience that's not willing to pay anyway.

Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

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Post by skrtskrt »

m-schuetz wrote: post #71
saint11 wrote: post #24

I've been using Kagi for a while now and I'm never going back to Google. Everything is just so much better when you are not the product.

The feature that sold me was the domain block feature. Search results are so much better when they dont include SEO'd garbage, sites with entirely AI generated content, or userbenchmark.com

I also love the ability to prioritize domains.

I push docs.rs up because otherwise I often get the crates.io page which I never want.

And I push GitHub/GitLab/Codeberg sites up so I get actual repos instead of product pages.

Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

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Post by MavisBacon »

hankbond wrote: post #28

I love when people make personal websites (seemingly) purely for themselves. The design of this website really reflects the perspective of the author in a way that was immediately apparent. I've never seen a website with a menu that large.

It is nice but the website has some obvious contrast issues such as in the header. "Veronica With Four Eyes" is black text on a dark grey background

Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

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Post by carlosjobim »

Nathanba wrote: post #41
SJMG wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you think the potential upside is worth the $5 it would take to explore?

no, I check every few months and only do a few searches at most.

If you weren't convinced the first 100 times you tried a product, what is the reason to keep trying?

Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

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Post by TurdF3rguson »

mitchell209 wrote: post #73
TurdF3rguson wrote: post #65

I just tried it and the search results are terrible. Maybe because Google knows things about me, I guess I can give them the benefit of that doubt. Clearly inferior to Google though.

Do you have some example searches that you made? I’m not a heavy search user and not a programmer but I’ve still found the experience on par or better for all of my general searching.

I tried with the search I had open which was "cf d1" and I was looking for info on cloudflare d1, Google surfaced it #1 and Kagi it was way at the bottom

Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

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Post by freediver »

TurdF3rguson wrote: post #87
mitchell209 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have some example searches that you made? I’m not a heavy search user and not a programmer but I’ve still found the experience on par or better for all of my general searching.

I tried with the search I had open which was "cf d1" and I was looking for info on cloudflare d1, Google surfaced it #1 and Kagi it was way at the bottom

For the record this is on Google https://imgur.com/a/De1AVpt definetely not #1

Kagi allows personalization, the difference is you as a user control it. If you used kagi for decade (assuming this is what you used Google for) I am sure the results would be fine tuned to your preference too.

Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

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Post by hod6654 »

herrherrmann wrote: post #51
hod6654 wrote: post #39

I love Kagi, but it is soooo slow compared to Google. Really annoying...

You mean the search results are loading slow? I’ve sometimes noticed that, but not really to a degree that it was significantly worse than Google.

The whole page loads slow as compared to google. To the point it's annoying. I'm in Europe though.

Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision

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Post by Valodim »

Nathanba wrote: post #41
SJMG wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you think the potential upside is worth the $5 it would take to explore?

no, I check every few months and only do a few searches at most.

Sounds like you're just not the target audience, then. Not every product has to have an ads-based or freemium business model.
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