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Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by ep103 » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:26 PM UTC

geekam wrote: post #4

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 :)

I'd like a little better code and programming related search. For anything related to code-search I have to switch to Google at this point.

https://search.nerdydata.com/

I forget the name of the other one, but there's another one similar to this too.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by a3n » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:26 PM UTC

Very pretty. And thank you for not using infinite scroll.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by yegg » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:27 PM UTC

zyang wrote: post #19

The button icons are a few px off - very unsettling.

Which ones? Perhaps this is a browser issue.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by Doctor_Fegg » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:29 PM UTC

Looks great!

Your new maps need to have an on-map credit to OpenStreetMap, as that's where the map data comes from, and OSM's licence requires attribution. osm.org/copyright explains how.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by ancarda » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:29 PM UTC

If you are using DuckDuckGo for privacy reasons, I strongly suggest you use https://startpage.com/ instead.

DuckDuckGo isn't much better than Google; both of them hijack your links. This gives an opportunity to track what you click on. If you watch carefully your links go to "r.duckduckgo.com" -- this page also doesn't use SSL. For example:

http://r.duckduckgo.com/l/?kh=-1&uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikip...

StartPage doesn't hijack links, it (optionally) uses POST and you never send a referer header so traffic looks organic.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by ep103 » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:29 PM UTC

cubancigar11 wrote: post #35

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…

I think it looks better than the original, though. That giant red bar at the top, with a yellow box underneath always reminded me of the original ask jeeves search page, with its giant blue bar up top http://i.imgur.com/7LYUXre.jpg

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by TheLoneWolfling » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:30 PM UTC

So: feedback.

The contrast is too low. It is hard to read on my (relatively bad) laptop screen.

Popins only when your mouse is over something are frustrating. My mouse is not tied to my eyes! In particular, if you're scrolling with your mouse in the center of the screen, the pop-in happens a moment after you stop scrolling, which is distracting. Also, I don't like hiding information by default in general.

Additionally: there is no way to view the full URL for long URLs - they expand, but only to a point.

The top header staying put is bad from a screen real estate POV. I've got a widescreen screen, and as such I'm cramped for vertical space but horizontal space is ample.

Finally: having the right arrow to the left of the domain to search the domain, and the popin on the right saying "more from " seems redundant.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by Splendor » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:31 PM UTC

Chrome 34 on Windows 7. Can't read this bubble when it's on the first result: https://i.imgur.com/SrplpW4.png

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by ep103 » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:31 PM UTC

saiko-chriskun wrote: post #36

I would really love to switch but it still pales in comparison to google on a lot of searches. http://bit.ly/1ur3zP2 vs. https://next.duckduckgo.com/?q=medium+top+collections

It uses the bing / yahoo APIs, and it doesn't use search context / user profiling to attempt to fuzzy guess your intended results.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by pestaa » Mon, May 05, 2014, 7:34 PM UTC

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.

You can often extract lots of extra information from the URL, most importantly the date of publishing (y/m/d).