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It loads much slower than Google or DDG for me. The search bar jumps up and down the page as the huge animated logo loads. Then when you click the search bar, i
by jamesgeck0 8y ago
It loads much slower than Google or DDG for me. The search bar jumps up and down the page as the huge animated logo loads. Then when you click the search bar, it jumps to the top of the page again. It's not a great UX.
Qwant Lite (https://lite.qwant.com/ https://lite.qwant.com/) loads much faster initially and the UI doesn't jump around, but it's slower to load search results. It also features the objectively false tagline, "The only search engine that respects your privacy."
I think I'll stick with DuckDuckGo, thanks.
- singularity2001 8y agoYes, it loads much much slower than Google or DDG
- ChristianBundy 8y agoI highly recommend Searx. Not a great name, but it's a meta-search engine that returns results from many search engines. It's self-hostable, and there are tons of different instances to choose from. All the benefits of using Google, DDG, StackOverflow, and all sorts of different search engines without the privacy issues. https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/ https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/
- jmcomets 8y agoQwant is based in France, so I suspect the issue is their servers' location. For me it loads just as fast as Google & DDG. I have a old schoolmate working there who's always been genuinely interested in protecting other people's privacy. To me that tagline is just sleazy marketing.
- timbit42 8y agoI've been using Qwant for a number of months now and the results are nearly as good as Google and vastly better than DDG.
- 13415 8y agoIt loads as fast or faster for me, probably because I'm in Europe. Pretty cool search engine, my tests so far give results in the same ballpark as DuckDuckGo.