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Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by keletappi »

nine_k wrote: post #249
fsck--off wrote: post #61

I use DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine and have had a positive experience using it. This redesign incorporates two of the worst design trends today: very low contrast text and gratuitously, obnoxiously large fixed headers. I dislike fixed headers on any non-phone/tablet UI because almost all laptop and desktop screens are widescreen. Fixed position elements on the sides of the screen make much more sense, altho…

You seem to completely miss the new features. On the search page, click the hamburger icon on the top right. There you can adjust the fonts (to some extent), colors, the position of the header (make it scrolling again), and many more things. All of this is impossible with old DDG, or Google, or Bing, or Yandex, etc. I wish people that have time to write 3 long paragraphs of complaints actually have tried what they ar…

I wouldn't be surprised if he hadn't even noticed the hamburger button. On a widescreen monitor the button is way too far from actual content. It really needs to be closer to the content of the page.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by Schlaefer »

3rd3 wrote: post #10
yegg wrote: post #2

Hi all, thanks for checking it out and we're looking forward to your feedback! This next version of DuckDuckGo is in public beta. Here's the post about it I just made: https://duck.co/forum/thread/5726/duckduckgo-reimagined-and-... There are still a lot known issues that we're still working through before we can make the transition. I'm sure this thread will uncover more :)

It looks absolutely beautiful! That really puts the interface of the Google search in a tight spot. Only one remark: While I like the effect that the full URL shows up when the mouse is above a search entry I would personally prefer to see the full URL all the time. I would be very happy if you could add an option to change that.

Google does one thing right that makes me quit DDG: put the URL next/below the title. What and where together.

90+% I don't need the Why and parsing over it to find the URL is distracting.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by jasomill »

reledi wrote: post #200
yegg wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback! Our current version also has a fixed header, and that can be turned off in the settings, which we plan to make work in this next version as well. Noted on contrast. We will look into it more -- that's exactly the kind of feedback we were hoping to get.

Regarding the contrast, this is worth a read: http://contrastrebellion.com

Funny that a page about Web usability features a design that's sufficiently counterintuitive (or just plain annoying to smoothly scroll through) that the designers felt the need to add site-specific navigation controls and "click here or press space to scroll down" help text to the page.

Presumably these are the same designers who feel a "push" sign next to a nonfunctional handle is a good design for the hardware on a door.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by otisfunkmeyer »

yegg wrote: post #105
fsck--off wrote: post #61

I use DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine and have had a positive experience using it. This redesign incorporates two of the worst design trends today: very low contrast text and gratuitously, obnoxiously large fixed headers. I dislike fixed headers on any non-phone/tablet UI because almost all laptop and desktop screens are widescreen. Fixed position elements on the sides of the screen make much more sense, altho…

Thanks for the feedback! Our current version also has a fixed header, and that can be turned off in the settings, which we plan to make work in this next version as well. Noted on contrast. We will look into it more -- that's exactly the kind of feedback we were hoping to get.

Wow after reading that comment I was expecting something so.... Bad. Instead, I saw something so.... Good. To me. I'm surprised to hear someone disliked it so much actually. C'est la vie.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by e_proxus »

fsck--off wrote: post #61

I use DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine and have had a positive experience using it. This redesign incorporates two of the worst design trends today: very low contrast text and gratuitously, obnoxiously large fixed headers. I dislike fixed headers on any non-phone/tablet UI because almost all laptop and desktop screens are widescreen. Fixed position elements on the sides of the screen make much more sense, altho…

It is interesting that browsers have had settings for years related to font sizes, like preventing fonts smaller than a designated minimum size, yet colors and contrasts are still completely up to the web site owner.

If you use Chrome, the Google Accessibility team has released an extension that can increase contrast / invert colors for better readability: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/high-contrast/djcf...

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by boyter »

dpatrick86 wrote: post #83

Please continue working on the non-aesthetic fundamentals. I reported this query previously to you guys, and it appears nothing has happened. It concerns me because it's so nonsensical it erodes my trust in your results, and it has persisted like this for over a year at this point.... If you search "IGF-1" on DDG you get maybe 100 results. Now lets try the same search on Google, but with a handicap. Let's be even mor…

I cannot edit my other post, but paging through Google gives 363 pages...

https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=IGF-1#hl=en&q=IG...

Far less then the 5 million it claims to know about on the first page,

https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=IGF-1#hl=en&q=IG...

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by NewsReader42 »

The DDG team still cannot get the simple concept of seraching correct. We have had a website online for 3 years, every other major search engine finds and ranks it accordingly yet DDG doesn't even include it in their results.

If they're missing our own website from results how many other websites are missing from results which ends up not giving the user the BEST choice of options when performing a search.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by Myrmornis »

keletappi wrote: post #271
nine_k wrote: post #249

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You seem to completely miss the new features. On the search page, click the hamburger icon on the top right. There you can adjust the fonts (to some extent), colors, the position of the header (make it scrolling again), and many more things. All of this is impossible with old DDG, or Google, or Bing, or Yandex, etc. I wish people that have time to write 3 long paragraphs of complaints actually have tried what they ar…

I wouldn't be surprised if he hadn't even noticed the hamburger button. On a widescreen monitor the button is way too far from actual content. It really needs to be closer to the content of the page.

I can't see a hamburger button at all. I'm on an iPad.
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