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I can give a list of things I'd like in a search engine: 1) Sticky topics - if I'm at work and I type Flow I am way more likely to mean Facebook's js library t
by andy_ppp 8y ago
I can give a list of things I'd like in a search engine:
1) Sticky topics - if I'm at work and I type Flow I am way more likely to mean Facebook's js library than I am Flow energy.
2) Different views on the information (Grid view/masonary that makes sense)
3) Ability to search within a set of search results
4) Ability to customise the algorithm with other programs I can write/plugins
5) Many more things for programmers and advanced "omni bar" style features that allow me to type shortcuts and autocomplete things.
6) More automation of programmer stuff - if I type a number and a unix timestamp it should show me a date etc. for possibly millions of things. Same for unicode char of a hammer, url decode, etc. etc.
7) Clean integration with your OS search that makes sense.
I'm aware Duck Duck Go does some of these things (relatively badly). I think I'll give it another go then and see if it's better.
- severine 8y agoGreat list, +1 to everything, +10 to #1, #3.