Ask HN: What do you need in HN search? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

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Post by Shipow » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:15 PM UTC

clarkm wrote: post #15

Custom date ranges with a calendar picker!

It seems that you're not alone to need this feature https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8875125

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

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Post by Shipow » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:15 PM UTC

detaro wrote: post #30

The option to only search in titles, ignoring the full text of text posts.

good point!

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

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Post by redox_ » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:17 PM UTC

detaro wrote: post #30

The option to only search in titles, ignoring the full text of text posts.

By default the title is better ranked but then it will also fetch results in the text, you're right. It could actually makes sense. Just need to figure out the best way to use it (without flooding the UI). Maybe in the dropdown menu before the input or with a search syntax.

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

#34

Post by biomimic » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:19 PM UTC

A real customized algorithm based on vector space.

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

#35

Post by Shipow » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:21 PM UTC

JDiculous wrote: post #24

How about making the site responsive/mobile-friendly first before tackling search?

it's planned but we wanted to validate the layout before making all responsive.

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

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Post by timdorr » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:28 PM UTC

Shipow wrote: post #35

JDiculous wrote: post #24

How about making the site responsive/mobile-friendly first before tackling search?

it's planned but we wanted to validate the layout before making all responsive.

I think he means the main HN site, not the search site.

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

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Post by Shipow » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:28 PM UTC

sixothree wrote: post #28

The ability to search only my saved articles. I'm guessing HN does no link click tracking, but searching viewed articles would be nice. These would be especially useful if the text on the target page were indexed as well.

You can star articles and limit your search to those articles by clicking on the 'Starred' tab from the left sidebar. Does it help?

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

#38

Post by nothrabannosir » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:29 PM UTC

biomimic wrote: post #34

A real customized algorithm based on vector space.

Do you mean representing each user as a vector in an N-dimensional space for N = number of possible votes, then using the distance between them as indication of similarity to weigh their votes relative to your preferences?

If so, +1.

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

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Post by waxjar » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:43 PM UTC

Shipow wrote: post #35

JDiculous wrote: post #24

How about making the site responsive/mobile-friendly first before tackling search?

it's planned but we wanted to validate the layout before making all responsive.

This is how the website looks on my machine: http://i.imgur.com/j2bavtp.png. Horizontal scrolling only reveals more of the search results.

Re: Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?

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Post by tomw1808 » Mon, Jan 12, 2015, 6:52 PM UTC

Guys I love your search, but what I am missing is that you index the content behind the headlines. So I've build my own, for example:

http://search.nagrgtr.com/#/search?q=greater%20than%2030kmh%...