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I'd really like to see randomization instead. Return results picked randomly from within the top 10 million or something.
by bo1024 15y ago
I'd really like to see randomization instead. Return results picked randomly from within the top 10 million or something.
- taxonomyman 15y agoRandomization is a good idea. Give everyone a fair change kind of thing maybe? reply
- jQueryIsAwesome 15y agoI need predictability... but make it optional, maybe a check-box with a key shortcut (the `R` I suggest).
- shazow 15y agoI'm not sure this is a great idea. Predictability is a staple of a good user experience. Getting different results for the same query between users or sessions is bound to lead to broken expectations and frustration.
- taxonomyman 15y agoThink of this as more of a discovery engine. And predictability takes the fun out of discovery.
- MichaelApproved 15y agoGreat point. You might have a hard time competing with google on relevant results but you might be able to beat them on discovery, like a stumbleupon search engine.
- mmahemoff 15y agoI like the idea of offering it after the first search. I see the value of this kind of search engine as introducing some novelty/entropy into the system. I could imagine using it as a backup to primary search engines, in which case I'd definitely want to get some randomness going. I wouldn't just want the "million-and-eleventh" site (so to speak) when clicking next.
- mmahemoff 15y agoWould be cool in mobile devices to see a shake gesture to "shake up" the results. You could use this on modern smartphone browsers: https://github.com/alexgibson/shake.js https://github.com/alexgibson/shake.js