https://duckduckgo.com/tty/ = better
New home page for me, thanks!
It still has a keyboard bug (tabs switching doesn't work with Ctrl+PgUp / Ctrl + PgDwn when there).
New DuckDuckGo design
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#202Earlier quoted context omitted.
This post made me finally create an account here. I do admit that personalized searches improve result quality a lot, at least for some topics. But after using DDG as my main search engine for about a year, > especially for its lack of features just sounds wrong. On the contrary, I tend to feel really helpless when using Google because of the lack of DDG bang syntax. For me, DDG is like my perfectly customized search…
any good resources for learning how to effectively use DDG?
Why is kermitdance's reply to this post dead now?
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#203This is a really amazing direction in terms of design. Like most people probably, I've pretty much ignored DDG because it didn't seem to be doing anything more than Google already did, but this design is really interesting for going in a new direction. The only thing that stands out to me as less useful than the equivalent Google search at this point is the hiearchy of the results. Google uses a link-like blue color…
Love that design suggestion! It looks so much better ! Btw, you can make it your default today by playing with the ddg address parameters: https://duckduckgo.com/?k9=%23b02900&q=melanie%20laurent This solution is preferable to changing colors in the settings screen if you regularly delete your cookies (and with it the custom colors) - just change your browser search engine shortcut. More info: https://duckduckgo.com/…
Address parameters? Nice! DDG, never leave me.
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#204Looks good, but they really need to weed out some spammy websites from their index. For example, all the . stats.com sites that try to get traffic when people search for various brands, or this strange one: -login" rel="nofollow">http://www.loginto.org/ -login (apparently it tries to steal login credentials, or I don't see the point).
eek--thanks for the heads up. Not to subject you to that again but do you remember what the subdomain was? Was it content from http://stats.com/ ?
There are a bunch of these subdomains that somehow get a high ranking:
clearwebstats.com pandastats.net cubestat.com allwebsitestats.com
(all in the top 10 results for one particular domain)
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#205That's awesome! I've been using the beta for a while and it's been much better than the old site. A bunch of ideas/complains: - It's awesome that you're showing me a nice map when I search for places/address, but let's be honest, I'll probably need to load it into an online map (OSM, MapQuest, Google Maps) to get directions. So a "open in map" button would be great (yes, I can copy/paste the address and !bang it, but…
Hey guys, if you're looking for an alternative search engine with a different flavor, we came up with a discovery search engine that allow you to preview results before getting there and overall an upgraded user experience. oh We're in the process of going https and we don't track your search as well;-) Your feedback would be very helpful. This way: http://www.psykoo.com
Since I won't see this again I thought I'd mention it - just becareful you might be violating a patent by displaying the resulting webpage of a link as an image. And I agree with the rest, this isn't the place for that.
Re: New DuckDuckGo design
#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
any good resources for learning how to effectively use DDG?
Why is kermitdance's reply to this post dead now?
I still see my reply when I'm logged in, I noticed it disappeared from public view after I tried to edit it...
[edit] I had included the features-link again and this reply was hidden.
[edit2] Still hidden... HN doesn't like me
Re: New DuckDuckGo design
#207Earlier quoted context omitted.
Come on, DDG is not storing datas, neither do we. This was a good feedback and we're looking for more? Beside you know how hard it is to get just a fraction of attention from the community unless you game the stats... Thanks for downvote :-S
Sorry, but I have to agree with malnourish here. I could understand you posting this, but not as a reply to my comment, which happen to be at the top of the page. If you think it's interesting enough for HN, submit it as a "Show HN". But if you want my feedback, have it: for your "don't track" claim, I could trust you (after all, I have to trust someone in the end), but just loading the homepage send my data to Youtu…
No problem. I like honest feedback. That's very helpful.
In fact we do show the website in an iframe only if we don't have the thumbnail. Then next time user visits we show a thumbnail. You can be sure iframe content is very restricted by all browsers. And we will proxy the sites that can't be accessed. (To not use your own account), so it's a lot more work than meets the eyes.
As for the look. That's personal I guess. We'll keep improving it though to make it more universal. Thanks for taking the time to give us some feedback though. It's very appreciated.
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#208Horizontal scrolling on a desktop is FAIL.
I also hate the way results have no apparent division between them, not even a prominent title; it makes them all blur together when I am scanning the page.
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#209Wish they'd add pronunciation to their definitions https://duckduckgo.com/?q=define+duck
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#210Nice. first thing I tried was to scroll down.. (I was on my Mac). I think because of the cut iPad(?)/Screen... Was it just me?