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Does anyone else agree that the site thumbnails in the new search just distract from the search results without adding any value?

redox_ 13y ago
What do you think about http://hn.algolia.com/legacy http://hn.algolia.com/legacy ?
- cinquemb 13y ago
  Thanks for this. But I would like to add that it seems like I cannot[0] do an exact phrase search like I could do with HN search[1]. It seems to search for a body of text that contains all the words rather than the exact phrase, unless there is some special syntax I am not familiar with to do the same. [0]: http://hn.algolia.com/legacy#!/comment/sort_by_date/0/%22Stand%20Alone%20Complex%22 http://hn.algolia.com/legacy#!/comment/sort_by_date/0/%22Sta... [1]: https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/comments&q=%22Stand+Alone+Complex%22&sortby=create_ts+desc&start=0 https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/comments&q=%22Stand+...
- sdesol 13y ago
  This is certainly a step in the right direction. I too find the thumbnails to be an EXTREMELY distracting. And in my opinion, offer absolutely no value. If this was an image search, then a thumbnail would be useful. But seeing unreadable text doesn't help me decide if this is what I'm looking for. Here are my thoughts. - Only show me 10 matches at a time. - Increase the font size for the points, date and comments line. - Use yellow background highlighting to show search term matches.
- Crito 13y ago
  This is much better, thank you for it.
yebyen 13y ago
I do not agree, from a small sample, I noticed that they got a screenshot even for my own site, which is currently down. Also could be helpful in the case where I'm searching for an article on a topic where I barely remember or only just clicked through to the article, but found some comment interesting, and I'm looking for it again days or weeks later. (Eg. When the post's HN title has been changed by mods, and all I might have left to go on is that I still vaguely remember what the style of the article page looked like)
bonemachine 13y ago
Agreed -- thumbnails are next to useless, distracting to look at + "thin out" the result set (by forcing vertical spacing), and presumably slow things down quite considerably, all around. Please restore to something reflecting the aesthetics of the HN front page -- and the essence of beauty and simplicity it embodies.
pcvarmint 13y ago
Yes.

redox_ 13y ago

What do you think about http://hn.algolia.com/legacy http://hn.algolia.com/legacy ?

cinquemb 13y ago
Thanks for this. But I would like to add that it seems like I cannot[0] do an exact phrase search like I could do with HN search[1]. It seems to search for a body of text that contains all the words rather than the exact phrase, unless there is some special syntax I am not familiar with to do the same. [0]: http://hn.algolia.com/legacy#!/comment/sort_by_date/0/%22Stand%20Alone%20Complex%22 http://hn.algolia.com/legacy#!/comment/sort_by_date/0/%22Sta... [1]: https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/comments&q=%22Stand+Alone+Complex%22&sortby=create_ts+desc&start=0 https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/comments&q=%22Stand+...
sdesol 13y ago
This is certainly a step in the right direction. I too find the thumbnails to be an EXTREMELY distracting. And in my opinion, offer absolutely no value. If this was an image search, then a thumbnail would be useful. But seeing unreadable text doesn't help me decide if this is what I'm looking for. Here are my thoughts. - Only show me 10 matches at a time. - Increase the font size for the points, date and comments line. - Use yellow background highlighting to show search term matches.
Crito 13y ago
This is much better, thank you for it.

yebyen 13y ago

I do not agree, from a small sample, I noticed that they got a screenshot even for my own site, which is currently down. Also could be helpful in the case where I'm searching for an article on a topic where I barely remember or only just clicked through to the article, but found some comment interesting, and I'm looking for it again days or weeks later. (Eg. When the post's HN title has been changed by mods, and all I might have left to go on is that I still vaguely remember what the style of the article page looked like)

bonemachine 13y ago

Agreed -- thumbnails are next to useless, distracting to look at + "thin out" the result set (by forcing vertical spacing), and presumably slow things down quite considerably, all around. Please restore to something reflecting the aesthetics of the HN front page -- and the essence of beauty and simplicity it embodies.

pcvarmint 13y ago

Yes.