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Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by plainOldText »

I really like the simplicity of this version of DuckDuckGo. The only thing I'd change, is the color used for domains. I personally look at the domain (among other things) when I decide to click on a result, and having a more noticeable domain name would be extremely helpful allowing me to quickly make a decision about which results are worthy.

Just my personal thoughts.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by bhartzer »

One of the problem I see is that it appears that this version is that there is too much emphasis on keyword rich domain names. On one search query that I did just now, 14 of the top 20 search results for that had the keyword in the domain name.

A similar search (different city + keyword search), different city but same keywords as above, reveals 15 with the keyword out of 20 search results.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

#54

Post by pestaa »

JetSpiegel wrote: post #38
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.

Clicking the grid icon in the top right corner gives you more results, but a dedicated image-only search result page would indeed be very appreciated.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by gabriel34 »

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

not sure what are you talking about. Google results for me are as follow:

1. medium.com/collections

2. medium.com/top100/may-2013 (what I would be looking for except it's from last year)

3. an article with the title "Top Medium Collections everybody should follow"

4. images (why here?) of... purses and drawer handles?(wtf? why is this here?)

5. List of Medium collections | Niccolò Brogi

At the side some advertising for something that looks like bird cages or outdoor lamp protectors from Google Shops and "Tops at Macy's‎"

DDG's:

1.Medium Top 100 for March 2014 (much more recent than googles and at 1st position)

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by nacs »

diggan wrote: post #3
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 just tried it out. Wanted to find "phpng" that was released just now. Search returns results for "phong" and no way to force it to use the term phpng. Otherwise, it looks good and works as well as the other "older" one. Good job.

If you use quotes around the search term, it does find 2 results: https://next.duckduckgo.com/?q=%22phpng%22

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by k-mcgrady »

moollaza wrote: post #32
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" :)

Great, that looks better, thanks.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by BorisMelnik »

what a clean look. love the fact that you have incorporated search features such as the carousel and video previews. I really like duck duck go as a search engine. I think one of the main reasons I have not fully adopted it is email/gmail and other Google offerings.

all in all the fact that privacy is on the side of the user is so key for me. I hate having a copy of everything I Google get stored somewhere, even in private mode.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by pessimizer »

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…

You're not the only one, but I think this look will work better with people who are not me (people like me are already a pretty captive group for DDG), and who currently use other search engines. It's very trendy. I prefer growth for the search engine over the old look.
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