Is there a way to switch between "All", "Files", "Messages", etc. using the keyboard? I'd like to be able to quickly filter the search results when I know what kind of thing I'm searching for.
Launch HN: Needl (YC S22) – Simple search across all your apps
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#12Is there a way to switch between "All", "Files", "Messages", etc. using the keyboard? I'd like to be able to quickly filter the search results when I know what kind of thing I'm searching for.
Really good point -- will definitely add in the next few days. What hotkey are you thinking of? My immediate first thought is tab -- think that would work well for you?
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#13Is there a way to switch between "All", "Files", "Messages", etc. using the keyboard? I'd like to be able to quickly filter the search results when I know what kind of thing I'm searching for.
Really good point -- will definitely add in the next few days. What hotkey are you thinking of? My immediate first thought is tab -- think that would work well for you?
Yes, tab is what I instinctively reached for. That seems to be the intuition.
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#14Looks good, will definitely give it a try. I'm starting to have so many apps that I trigger with keyboard shortcuts (Raycast, etc)...getting more difficult to choose shortcuts that don't conflict and remember all of them.
Fair point. Some users set Needl as their default tab via our chrome extension -- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/needl/hepjidniooep.... Can even open quick search via the chrome extension in the browser too.
Others just use the web app -- https://app.needl.tech/
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#16How does your product compare to https://haystack.it?
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#17How does your product compare to https://haystack.it ?
Not familiar enough with them to say -- doesn't seem to be publicly available.
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#18Love the concept. I wish there were a way to add custom integrations for in-house software we use or uncommon systems we use. It would work better if these things were configured at the organization-level and not user-level (i.e. IT connecting Confluence to Needl instead of individual users requesting access one-by-one).
Typo on the pricing page: "and soon to be may others", I assume meant "many".
Would love to try but my daily driver is a Linux machine. I just don't spend enough hours a week on my Macbook for it to be relevant right now. Edit: I'll try the Chrome extension.
Edit: The hover for "Free for 14 days" in the pricing page is black-on-black unless you hover exactly on the text. Webflow hover styling is awful, happens to me often too :)
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#19How does your product compare to https://haystack.it ?
Here at Haystack, we provide an industry leading cross-platform application to help obfuscate, disguise, and confuse your data that increases security by decreasing its ability to be found in a search.
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#20Looks good, will definitely give it a try. I'm starting to have so many apps that I trigger with keyboard shortcuts (Raycast, etc)...getting more difficult to choose shortcuts that don't conflict and remember all of them.
Fair point. Some users set Needl as their default tab via our chrome extension -- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/needl/hepjidniooep... . Can even open quick search via the chrome extension in the browser too. Others just use the web app -- https://app.needl.tech/
Yeah, actually I was surprised that ctrl + space didn't conflict with anything I already have, unless I'm in Firefox, in which case it conflicts with the "List all tabs" search thing.