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Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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AlexanderTheGr8 wrote: post #146

It's very good (will definitely consider moving). Some user feedback: 1) Dark Mode please 2) Toggleable websites; I saw that the websites I was seeing were black-circles in the panel below the search box. I instinctively tried to click on youtube to not see youtube box. It would also be nice to have a global panel where users can choose if they never want to see a certain website. But these^ are just me being super p…

Dark mode is definitely on the short list of future todos... will probably get to it in the next 30 days.

On toggleable, that is interesting feedback. It is a bit different. I wonder what made you feel like it was a toggle... The clickable round circles is a bit like iOS calendar. So it shouldn't be hugely unfamiliar. I did try playing around with different button looks before. But I'll think about this problem... thank you for bringing it up :)

What columns would you not want to see? And may I ask why? So far the comments have been mostly an option to turn off Instagram and Twitter.

Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by ryes »

Pr0ject217 wrote: post #163

Good job! It would be cool to be able to sort results descending by date. e.g. https://swurl.com/?q=linus+torvalds

Thank you! Yes for sure, that is totally on the todo list. I'll be adding all the search options later in a drop down. Just give me about 30 days to get to that. I appreciate the vote for these features, really helps me prioritize things!

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Post by ryes »

thescribbblr wrote: post #88

Feature request : please add tab for stackoverflow. Impressive job.

Thank you for the voting up this feature! It is already there https://swurl.com/?q=php+array+sort

What search is it not showing up for you? I could try to trigger it better.

Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by ryes »

nl wrote: post #107

Note that it doesn't deal well with ambiguous queries. "Jaguar" gives confused results - some try to cluster results, some give the car, some give the car.

Thank you for pointing this out. Yes this is very true, it is a pretty classic search engine problem. I think there are 2 main ways to improve this, add search related searches that could help users click to better specify, but that would need another click. Or user profiling to figure out what the person usually like, but that would require profiling.

There is right now autosuggestions, that could help suggest a better query to begin with. Is that ok for now?

Or what would you suggest to better improve this? Would love your thoughts on this.

Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by earth_walker »

earth_walker wrote: post #168
croes wrote: post #86

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How often are there meaningful results for your search terms on Insta?

For me, never. For most of the other people in my life, they are primarily searching for products, books, people, and ideas for recipes or various projects around the home. So I totally see the utility of having these social media sites in the feed. On the other hand, this reduces privacy even more than stock google, basically broadcasting your search terms to a whole bunch of bad actors, so I won't be recommending i…

Having said that... as I play with it more, I really like the UI. If there was a privacy-first option I would definitely use it.

Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by ryes »

john-doe wrote: post #108
ryes wrote: post #50

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Glad you are enjoying it, thank you for your feedback and help testing! Ok will test some more. The problem is kinda Firefox actually. Swurl is using this newish css snap feature, but Firefox's implementation is a bit buggy. Sorry...

Related: you can use `overscroll-behavior` to prevent the browser gestures to go back/forward in history: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/overscroll-...

Thank you for point that out! That could be helpful. Do you think I should implement that? Right now I still use the browser gestures too. I'm just getting better swiping inside vs swiping on the screen edge I guess...

Re: Show HN: A new search engine UX I've been working on in my free time

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Post by ryes »

justusthane wrote: post #130
ryes wrote: post #32

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What phone are you using right now? That would be helpful for me to consider. I did increase the column width from 320 to 335 pixels based on your feedback. It does feel better. But if I make it too wide, then the content can get too big I feel. I'll be thinking more about this feedback and will test some more. Thank you!

Just for an extra data point, I really like it the way it is. Seeing a peek of the next column to give an intuitive understanding that you can swipe for more is really neat (and I'm on an iPhone 8, so not a particularly large screen).

Thank you for that data! I was thinking about making it even wider, but that could hurt usability on smaller phones....
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