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Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by terminado »

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 :)

For the love of christ, whatever you do, please don't ever implement "DuckDuckGo Instant®".

This auto-complete predictive suggestion list business isn't half bad, but there's nothing I hate more about Google than their bloody "Instant" features.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by moollaza »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #14

Looks beautiful. My only criticism is that you could make better use of all the whitespace the the right on the search screen. Maybe expand the width of search items to fill some unused space + increase the number of search items above the fold.

You can actually increase the width of the results, if you prefer. It's in the settings: https://next.duckduckgo.com/settings

Click on the "Look and Feel" tab, then change the "width" :)

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by galapago »

Guide: This room is the most popular part of our tour. Milhouse: It's just like the other rooms. Guide: Yes, but with one important difference: [looks over] Oh, they took that out. Yes, it is just like the other rooms.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

#34

Post by coherentpony »

terminado wrote: post #31
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 :)

For the love of christ, whatever you do, please don't ever implement "DuckDuckGo Instant®". This auto-complete predictive suggestion list business isn't half bad, but there's nothing I hate more about Google than their bloody "Instant" features.

Nothing wrong with implementing it and giving users an option to turn it on or off.

Immediate disregard seems a little harsh.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by cubancigar11 »

I sure hope I am not the only one who dislikes the new look. Ref:

1. Old DDG: http://s388.photobucket.com/user/cubancigar11/media/snapshot...

2. New DDG: http://s388.photobucket.com/user/cubancigar11/media/snapshot...

There are so many problems here:

1. Poor contrast of font-colors.

2. Poor choice of font - bold doesn't really standout as much as it should.

3. Font spacing has increased which forces me to scroll down thus breaking my thought process.

4. Icons now take vertical space instead of horizontal.

5. Mouse-hover color change has poor contrast. On my desktop I can only see it through a specific unnatural angle.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

#37

Post by Mithrandir »

dmunoz wrote: post #30
Jake232 wrote: post #18

I've always wondered. How do these guys hit google search so much without hitting limitations? Google is pretty aggressive at banning bots, and I can't imagine Google have given a competitor API access or something like that. Proxies is out of the question for this scale too.

I'm fairly certain that they do not proxy searches to Google. I heave heard that they do use Bing and Yahoo search APIs, but this could be incorrect.

You're correct: https://duck.co/help/results/sources

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by JetSpiegel »

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 :)

Having Image search is the best feature of all. Can we get a search page exclusively for images? I mean having that images popup occupy the entire page.

As for the rest, as long as the dark/terminal themes still work (there are small bugs), that's fine by me.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by cainetighe »

terminado wrote: post #31
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 :)

For the love of christ, whatever you do, please don't ever implement "DuckDuckGo Instant®". This auto-complete predictive suggestion list business isn't half bad, but there's nothing I hate more about Google than their bloody "Instant" features.

We were on the fence about autocomplete for a variety of reasons, but tried to be careful about minimizing distraction. It was too great a vector to introduce !bang autocomplete :). As always, please let us know what you think as it evolves!
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