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Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by axelfreeman »

yegg wrote: post #2

Hi all, thanks for checking it out and we're looking forward to your feedback! This next version of DuckDuckGo is in public beta. Here's the post about it I just made: https://duck.co/forum/thread/5726/duckduckgo-reimagined-and-... There are still a lot known issues that we're still working through before we can make the transition. I'm sure this thread will uncover more :)

Bug Report: If i play a video in the webseite, stop it, go to the video grid and then replay it, i have an echo. Tested with Chrome on Ubuntu. I also sent this via the feedback button. :-)

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by Jake232 »

dmunoz wrote: post #30
Jake232 wrote: post #18

I've always wondered. How do these guys hit google search so much without hitting limitations? Google is pretty aggressive at banning bots, and I can't imagine Google have given a competitor API access or something like that. Proxies is out of the question for this scale too.

I'm fairly certain that they do not proxy searches to Google. I heave heard that they do use Bing and Yahoo search APIs, but this could be incorrect.

That makes sense, thanks.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by yk_42 »

fsck--off wrote: post #61

I use DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine and have had a positive experience using it. This redesign incorporates two of the worst design trends today: very low contrast text and gratuitously, obnoxiously large fixed headers. I dislike fixed headers on any non-phone/tablet UI because almost all laptop and desktop screens are widescreen. Fixed position elements on the sides of the screen make much more sense, altho…

You can actually go into the settings and change most of the colors and even the behaviour of the header (fixed/static/off).

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by ronaldx »

yegg wrote: post #2

Hi all, thanks for checking it out and we're looking forward to your feedback! This next version of DuckDuckGo is in public beta. Here's the post about it I just made: https://duck.co/forum/thread/5726/duckduckgo-reimagined-and-... There are still a lot known issues that we're still working through before we can make the transition. I'm sure this thread will uncover more :)

The auto-suggest feature feels like a step backwards in terms of privacy:

- it indicates that there's a fairly thorough recording of searches going on, and acknowledges a reasonable possibility of keypress-by-keypress recording, and

- it doesn't work as well as google's version which accounts for local variation, and which formed part of my decision to reject google in favour of ddg.

Overall this feature creeps me out, in an "uncanny valley" kind of way. It makes me uncomfortable.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by dorgo »

pls dont open new tabs if a search result is clicked with right mouse button. I use right mouse button for mouse-gestures. My browser dont permit to disable right-mouse-button-context-menu. If I click with the right mouse-button on a search result then a new tab is opened AND a context-menu is shown.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by nagisa »

fsck--off wrote: post #61

I use DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine and have had a positive experience using it. This redesign incorporates two of the worst design trends today: very low contrast text and gratuitously, obnoxiously large fixed headers. I dislike fixed headers on any non-phone/tablet UI because almost all laptop and desktop screens are widescreen. Fixed position elements on the sides of the screen make much more sense, altho…

With a well calibrated display and a pair of good eyes I went through all 65 levels of brightness (I usually use 40% or so) my laptop has available whilst looking at ¹. All parts of page were very readable at all levels other than no backlight and two levels above no backlight.

¹: https://next.duckduckgo.com/?q=hello+world

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by dchuk »

fsck--off wrote: post #61

I use DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine and have had a positive experience using it. This redesign incorporates two of the worst design trends today: very low contrast text and gratuitously, obnoxiously large fixed headers. I dislike fixed headers on any non-phone/tablet UI because almost all laptop and desktop screens are widescreen. Fixed position elements on the sides of the screen make much more sense, altho…

A practical application for fixed headers is retaining access to search fields on pages with infinite scrolling (which is why they're doing it here). Otherwise, you might be ten pages deep and then have to scroll all the back up to search again. With this, search is accessible at all times.
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