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Re: New DuckDuckGo design

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Post by hngiszmo »

kawliga wrote: post #40
hngiszmo wrote: post #32

The first time I saw that (so called) design I literally hit refresh 5 times to hopefully get that missing CSS file. Having all in just light grey and white doesn't really help finding anything quickly and why hide the path of the url onMouseOut is beyond me. DDG is my search of choice and the pain induced yesterday is not enough to swap back to google but still, not happy at all :(

Next time just do a hard refresh. Hold Shift + click the refresh button

not sure if it changed a thing. The classic theme helps a lot though.

Re: New DuckDuckGo design

#52

Post by dvcc »

jaryd wrote: post #20
dvcc wrote: post #17

I feel like this hasn't been really tested in Chrome on Windows. The gray, detail information on search results is pretty hard to get past. I kind of just give up using it halfway though, looks like it might be better on other browsers though.

You can change the default theme using the menu icon in the right hand corner. We have a couple of themes preset, you can try implementing your own color scheme by selecting the "Settings" option.

In all cases, the font size makes it hard to read. Seems like increasing the font size just helps. Thanks though!

Re: New DuckDuckGo design

#53

Post by TheLoneWolfling »

mrspeaker wrote: post #41
TheLoneWolfling wrote: post #11

Not sure if anyone at DDG would ever read this, but my comments on the preview are still valid. The contrast is way too low, it prefers vertical over horizontal (I, like any people, have a widescreen monitor. Displaying 3 search results by default is a little absurd), a couple other issues. It feels like a mobile interface. Oh, and there's no way to revert to the old version. The options merely change the color schem…

I don't get this contrast thing everyone is saying. My eyes are shit, and the "light grey on white" pops out fine. Any darker and it would be annoying. I really like the current color scheme. My 'puter is a mac with retina screen - so maybe it's a monitor thing? Are there any "progressive desaturation" or "color calibration detection" tricks available to web devs in these situations?

I'm in the prime of my life, and I have issues with the color. That being said, I use a laptop - a combination of not the best monitor and reflections off the screen. In a dark room, it's fine. But I don't use the internet primarily in a dark room.

It's customizable, so it's not the part of the redesign that I have the most issues with, but still.

Re: New DuckDuckGo design

#54

Post by hngiszmo »

bsstoner wrote: post #42
hngiszmo wrote: post #32

The first time I saw that (so called) design I literally hit refresh 5 times to hopefully get that missing CSS file. Having all in just light grey and white doesn't really help finding anything quickly and why hide the path of the url onMouseOut is beyond me. DDG is my search of choice and the pain induced yesterday is not enough to swap back to google but still, not happy at all :(

Try selecting the Classic theme in the side menu. It has blue/purple links, darker description text + full urls.

Thanks! That fixes a lot of my concerns. I hope they do some A/B testing cause I don't believe they win many friends with this contrast-free version.

Re: New DuckDuckGo design

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Post by webwanderings »

All the more power to competition and diversity of choices. But I see these reinventions and makeover campaigns and I really wonder if things are going well or not.

I use search engines for a niche blog, and I have a need to keyword search certain specific terms which are not common words. I have consistently tested all the available search engines (there aren't many). And I have always arrived at the same conclusion: there is no better search engine out there then what Google maintains.

I am no blind Google lover, but when it comes to practicality of effective and useful products, you have to have the best, in order to make your case.

Re: New DuckDuckGo design

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Post by frik »

Your intro says:

  Smarter Answers

  Answers to your questions from the best sources,
  developed by our open source community.
Where is the open source repository located? I would like to browse the templates/recipes/sources. Found nothing on http://duckduckhack.com

Re: New DuckDuckGo design

#58

Post by themodelplumber »

yegg wrote: post #29

Here's the announcement I just posted on our blog: https://duck.co/blog/whatsnew Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to us during our public beta period! Please keep the feedback coming so we can quickly iterate. We really do listen to it all.

I love this. I'm excited to share with friends. In fact I looked for a sharing button. Anyway, looks nice. It wouldn't scroll on my iPad and a button for Press at bottom right is cut off, but maybe those are known issues.

Re: New DuckDuckGo design

#59

Post by rakoo »

Very good job DuckDuckGo team! I was just thinking that I'd have to switch back to Google because of the poor results... but this new experience has given me some hope.

What saddens me though is that we (as in "the users") still don't have a strong guarantee on the respect of our privacy. We still have to trust the DDG team. I know there is no easy technology to do it, but still, the whole thing is only marginally better than using Google.

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