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At Algolia, we use simple requests (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS#Simple_requests https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/COR

by vvoyer 8y ago

At Algolia, we use simple requests (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS#Simple_requests https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS#Simpl...) in our JSON API. So that there's no OPTIONS requests being done in the most important scenarios (GET, POST). This is a very neat trick because you can definitely ask an API for JSON via accept header (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Ac...) while being compliant with simple requests by using query strings and/or multipart/form for routes option.

RobertRoberts 8y ago
If you work at Algolia, can you address (pass along) the issue that you can't use your search boxes with browser search keywords? (ie, right-click > "Add keyword for this search"/"Manage Search Engines") At this point when I see the Algolia search box on a site, I know I won't get a full search experience it will be slightly crippled with a custom interface and a forced auto-complete with JS only interface support. An example of this is vuejs.org vs developer.mozilla.org. With Mozilla dev site, I have 'mdn' as my search key (both Firefox and Chrome) and I can type "mdn grid-template-columns" and I get results. With vuejs.org and Algolia, I have to go through multiple clicks and visual hunt and peck to find what I am looking for. It's a productivity killer.
- jackewiehose 8y ago
  Apropos browser-search-keywords: If you work at youtube, please fix this: Searching via browser keyword should keep the search term in youtube's search-input-box. This changed a few months ago and it is so fscking annoying. This is a good example why computer experience of today is so terrible: "Never run a changing system" is dead. Systems are changing all the time.
- redox_ 8y ago
  You should submit a GitHub issue here: https://github.com/algolia/hn-search/issues https://github.com/algolia/hn-search/issues I'm wondering whether the http://hn.algolia.com/opensearch.xml http://hn.algolia.com/opensearch.xml configuration could help here, might need to tweak it a bit.
  - RobertRoberts 8y ago
    I save my criticism for systems I trully want to get better. And I actually regret posting my original comment here and hope the sites I use frequently just drop algolia entirely. (Algolia charges thousands of dollars for some of their services and I find it the worst search system currently used on popular sites.)

by vvoyer 8y ago

RobertRoberts 8y ago

If you work at Algolia, can you address (pass along) the issue that you can't use your search boxes with browser search keywords? (ie, right-click > "Add keyword for this search"/"Manage Search Engines") At this point when I see the Algolia search box on a site, I know I won't get a full search experience it will be slightly crippled with a custom interface and a forced auto-complete with JS only interface support. An example of this is vuejs.org vs developer.mozilla.org. With Mozilla dev site, I have 'mdn' as my search key (both Firefox and Chrome) and I can type "mdn grid-template-columns" and I get results. With vuejs.org and Algolia, I have to go through multiple clicks and visual hunt and peck to find what I am looking for. It's a productivity killer.

jackewiehose 8y ago
Apropos browser-search-keywords: If you work at youtube, please fix this: Searching via browser keyword should keep the search term in youtube's search-input-box. This changed a few months ago and it is so fscking annoying. This is a good example why computer experience of today is so terrible: "Never run a changing system" is dead. Systems are changing all the time.
redox_ 8y ago
You should submit a GitHub issue here: https://github.com/algolia/hn-search/issues https://github.com/algolia/hn-search/issues I'm wondering whether the http://hn.algolia.com/opensearch.xml http://hn.algolia.com/opensearch.xml configuration could help here, might need to tweak it a bit.
- RobertRoberts 8y ago
  I save my criticism for systems I trully want to get better. And I actually regret posting my original comment here and hope the sites I use frequently just drop algolia entirely. (Algolia charges thousands of dollars for some of their services and I find it the worst search system currently used on popular sites.)