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Re: Show HN: SimpleSearch – Just a list of search bars

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Post by wwickey »

jccalhoun wrote: post #17

I'm not sure what multisearch option does? I would think that it would do the same search on all the places checked but it doesn't seem to do that?

Yes, the multisearch option should open all of the checked options in new tabs. Some browsers or incognito modes will block this by default, so a user may have to enable on their end if that's functionality they care about. Firefox, for example, should notify you that it blocked popups and ask you if you want it to keep doing that same thing moving forward. This feature is also not as relevant on mobile. I can troubleshoot further if that's not working as intended. I considered just removing multisearch, but I do personally use it when I want to check regular search and an LLM in one go, which is actually pretty often. (Plus I achieve tab overflow at least 3x faster! xD)

Re: Show HN: SimpleSearch – Just a list of search bars

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Post by ganessh »

mg wrote: post #7

I had a similar idea a while back and built Gnod Search around it: https://www.gnod.com/search You can enter a search term and then click on the button of a search engine. Or you can just press the first char in the name of the engine. So you can search Google for "hello world" by typing "hello world g". And then go back and just hit "c" to send the same query to ChatGPT.

How do I select duckduckgo after pressing enter, because DeepL appears before DuckDuckGo?

Re: Show HN: SimpleSearch – Just a list of search bars

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Post by mg »

ganessh wrote: post #24
mg wrote: post #7

I had a similar idea a while back and built Gnod Search around it: https://www.gnod.com/search You can enter a search term and then click on the button of a search engine. Or you can just press the first char in the name of the engine. So you can search Google for "hello world" by typing "hello world g". And then go back and just hit "c" to send the same query to ChatGPT.

How do I select duckduckgo after pressing enter, because DeepL appears before DuckDuckGo?

Have you seen that you can customize the list of engines when you click "more engines"?

For now, if you have two engines in your list that start with the same letter and want to use the second one, you have to click on it.

I was thinking about changing it so that when you press the letter, then both engines lit up so you know you have to press another letter to select which one you want. So DeepL would be "de" and DuckDuckGo would become "du".

Not sure if it is a feature in high demand. If I get feedback from a user that they want it, I would implement it.

Re: Show HN: SimpleSearch – Just a list of search bars

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Post by Leftium »

- I made something similar: https://multi-launch.leftium.com/

- After realizing I made the "button version" of search bangs I started: https://zz.leftium.com/

The UX for composing multiline queries is nicer in my apps (especially with AI Chat like CoPilot):

- ENTER is newline by default (SHIFT+ENTER to submit. Or double ENTER; careful not to add newlines too quickly; I have to tune the double keypress UX)

- Auto-expands to multiple lines

- Fullscreen edit mode

Re: Show HN: SimpleSearch – Just a list of search bars

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Post by Leftium »

mg wrote: post #7

I had a similar idea a while back and built Gnod Search around it: https://www.gnod.com/search You can enter a search term and then click on the button of a search engine. Or you can just press the first char in the name of the engine. So you can search Google for "hello world" by typing "hello world g". And then go back and just hit "c" to send the same query to ChatGPT.

I came up with the concept of the "double-keypress" (a la mouse double-click) to solve the problem of selecting the search engine without any clicking: https://zz.leftium.com/

- First of all, search bangs actually already removed the need to click the "search" button.

- However, I wanted to support multiline input (on a mobile virtual keyboard.)

- ENTER,ENTER solves this. (Double-keypress ENTER)

- I also wanted the search box to filter the list of 10,000+ available search bangs.

- So Q,Q selects the first entry; W,W the next; and so on... (The first Q must be uppercase, but the following Q may be lowercase to support how mobile virtual keyboards work)

- (Notice Q is right under the key for 1; W under 2; and so on )

I have to tune the double-keypress UX (often I initiate a search when I just want a newline.) Perhaps I will also add triple-keypress.

Re: Show HN: SimpleSearch – Just a list of search bars

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Post by mg »

Leftium wrote: post #28
mg wrote: post #7

I had a similar idea a while back and built Gnod Search around it: https://www.gnod.com/search You can enter a search term and then click on the button of a search engine. Or you can just press the first char in the name of the engine. So you can search Google for "hello world" by typing "hello world g". And then go back and just hit "c" to send the same query to ChatGPT.

I came up with the concept of the "double-keypress" (a la mouse double-click) to solve the problem of selecting the search engine without any clicking: https://zz.leftium.com/ - First of all, search bangs actually already removed the need to click the "search" button. - However, I wanted to support multiline input (on a mobile virtual keyboard.) - ENTER,ENTER solves this. (Double-keypress ENTER) - I also wanted the s…

That's a cool idea.

So a simple return makes a newline, and two quick returns have a different meaning. I like that.

The way I support multiline is via the little triangle in the search bar. I think I'll keep it, because it is easier to discover. The double-return would need some kind of textual hint. Like when you press enter once, a little hint could pop up below the search area telling you that to leave the text entry, you can hit enter twice.

And on mobile I rarely use multiline searches I think. On the Desktop I use shift-return to create a newline.

Re: Show HN: SimpleSearch – Just a list of search bars

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Post by wwickey »

Leftium wrote: post #27

- I made something similar: https://multi-launch.leftium.com/ - After realizing I made the "button version" of search bangs I started: https://zz.leftium.com/ The UX for composing multiline queries is nicer in my apps (especially with AI Chat like CoPilot): - ENTER is newline by default (SHIFT+ENTER to submit. Or double ENTER; careful not to add newlines too quickly; I have to tune the double keypress UX) - Auto-expa…

Nice. Thanks for showing.

The different flavors of simultaneous invention shared in the thread makes me think there's some kind of underlying shared need/value in this sort of thing!

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