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This is fantastic all around. The visual design is perfect, it's fast, and within a minute of using it I discovered some new libraries which might be useful fo

by akamaka 11y ago

This is fantastic all around. The visual design is perfect, it's fast, and within a minute of using it I discovered some new libraries which might be useful for my projects. It reminds me a bit of using Google search when it first launched and was less cluttered. The clear layout makes it easy enough to mentally filter out common packages which appear in every search result, like gulp and grunt, but it might be a nice bonus to highlight packages that are "most uniquely" associated with the search term and not used by everyone else, or to cluster tools which are alternatives to each other together (e.g. putting gulp and grunt side by side on the same line).

temple3188 11y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah I noticed it would be useful to cluster related packages together, that was the thinking behind introducing the filters to the right-hand side e.g. framework, test etc. When you click them it will toggle the view. I was hoping I could rely on the keywords associated with the package to cluster them, though as it turns there's not a lot of love for the keywords section, meaning clustering them would take manual effort. Doing it myself isn't feasible and I though about creating the means for users to contribute the info, just wanted to wait for demand for it first :). Thanks!
- avtar 11y ago
  It would be great if the URL reflected the search results. I used your suggested "express" search but after getting the results the URL remains http://www.npmdiscover.com http://www.npmdiscover.com That makes sharing results with someone else or bookmarking fairly awkward. That being said, kudos for providing a resource that helps wade through all the npm packages out there!
  - temple3188 11y ago
    Yeah this is definitely the next thing to be done, a number of people have been asking for it so hopefully it'll live in the next few days. Thanks :)

by akamaka 11y ago

temple3188 11y ago

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah I noticed it would be useful to cluster related packages together, that was the thinking behind introducing the filters to the right-hand side e.g. framework, test etc. When you click them it will toggle the view. I was hoping I could rely on the keywords associated with the package to cluster them, though as it turns there's not a lot of love for the keywords section, meaning clustering them would take manual effort. Doing it myself isn't feasible and I though about creating the means for users to contribute the info, just wanted to wait for demand for it first :). Thanks!

avtar 11y ago
It would be great if the URL reflected the search results. I used your suggested "express" search but after getting the results the URL remains http://www.npmdiscover.com http://www.npmdiscover.com That makes sharing results with someone else or bookmarking fairly awkward. That being said, kudos for providing a resource that helps wade through all the npm packages out there!
- temple3188 11y ago
  Yeah this is definitely the next thing to be done, a number of people have been asking for it so hopefully it'll live in the next few days. Thanks :)