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Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by JunkDNA »

antris wrote: post #52

Based in US, the line "The search engine that doesn't track you" means nothing.

Please don't keep it to yourself! What is this privacy-protecting search engine that you've been using that is immune to US or other intelligence agencies' snooping?

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by bluthru »

Please make the fixed header half as tall. Put "Images Video" to the side of the search box.

This is nitpicky, but I don't like how an entire result is a link with a hovered background color. I also don't like how additional content appears when hovered. Please don't trim the URL and hide it unless the result is being hovered on.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by gabriel34 »

gabriel34 wrote: post #55
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 f…

To be honest DDG's other results were pretty much garbage for this query, but in the end of the day it brought me a much more relevant page in it's number 1 spot without tracking me.

Maybe you trained google well. I have not used it much in ages

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by geuis »

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…

I'm having trouble parsing this part of your comment:

"I dislike fixed headers for any interface that isn't for a phone or tablet because almost all laptop and desktop screens are widescreen."

Are you saying that only fixed headers only work on mobile interfaces and they shouldn't be used on desktop? If so, I disagree with you. Fixed headers, if they are used at all, should only be used on desktop. There's simply not enough screen real estate on mobile. DDG actually does a nice job with this and doesn't use the fixed nav on mobile. Also, I don't see how desktop widescreen has anything to do with a fixed nav header.

If you are saying that fixed headers only belong on desktop/laptop, then I agree with you.

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by Doctor_Fegg »

aroman wrote: post #64
Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #44

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.

It does. Click the "i" button: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA

That's not on-map, that's hidden behind a click. osm.org/copyright makes it very clear that the attribution needs to be on-map. You don't see Google permitting people to hide their brand away like that!

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by antris »

JunkDNA wrote: post #71
antris wrote: post #52

Based in US, the line "The search engine that doesn't track you" means nothing.

Please don't keep it to yourself! What is this privacy-protecting search engine that you've been using that is immune to US or other intelligence agencies' snooping?

Who said there is one?

Re: The next version of DuckDuckGo

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Post by dubcanada »

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…

No matter what DDG does there is no way to make it 100% perfect for everyone.

I find the contrast to be perfectly fine. But someone with a different monitor can see completely different colours/contrast.

The only thing I can see is maybe slightly making it darker wouldn't hurt anything.

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