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The one thing I do like about the new search site is that it doesn't open everything up in a new tab... something that is an annoyance with the current search. Please keep it that way! If I want something in a new tab, I'll just Ctrl+Click on the link. Some other issues: * Stories which have no external URL (text submission only) have titles which are not clickable. * Comment results link to the submitted URL of the…
1. A more powerful time filter would be very useful (Last week, last month, last year, custom range where dates can be picked). Without this search is not very useful to me at the moment. So I use Google to search HN since they do offer a filter 2. Points filter and comments filter would also be great (> 10 points and/or > 5 comments). I get lot of results which have no activity
How do you search HN with Google? My Google-fu is lacking.
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How do you search HN with Google? My Google-fu is lacking.
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I'm sorry that that isn't a terribly helpful bug report, but I think you have a frustrating bug in your backend somewhere.
A more concrete issue present in both the old UI and the new one would be that there is some kind of problem with your search form such that, on iOS Safari, the multiple forms control with the little arrows to select between fields pops up, even though there is only one field. This means you cannot see the search results while you are typing, when you would otherwise be able to see at least the title of the first result. Also, hitting "Go" (or now "return") doesn't make the input control go away, you have to hit the X next to the field select arrows to view the results, which manages to trip me up every time. I'm not a web guy though, so I don't know if that last one is inevitable for this kind of form or something.
I'd love to see people-search-results beside the regular results. Who were the top submitters and commenters on links/comments related to my search? so HN identities like jlemoine.
Bonus points for people mentioned as subjects or authors in the stories/comments (and the articles the links point to) without an HN identity. Recognizing human names would be huge. Searching HN for Captain America, Linus, Steve Jobs, Paul Graham, or your own name should be popular.
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.