Swurl
Web and SaaS
search engine
SHOW HN2022
572points
334comments
#37of 2,570 in 2022
Top 2%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
71 positive, 49 neutral or asking, 16 mixed, 38 critical, out of 174 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Design: 24 for, 10 againstIdea: 27 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 18 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast and smooth performance
From 1 comment
I’ve tried it on mobile and it works very well. Super smooth navigation, nothings lagging or moving in unintuitive ways. But for me personally the preview of the next column…
Version467 on HN
Interesting new search UX
From 2 comments
Is it intentional that each site section is only 80% of the screen width? Definitely make that 100% width. Phones are narrow enough already.
goldenchrome on HNIt is really impressive. It's been hiding in plain sight yet not implemented that people want to search specific social media sites and we add reddit or twitter at the end of our…
ceoatpiedpiper on HN
Objections
Horizontal column layout is dense and hard to scroll on some devices
From 2 comments
I suppose it's my personal bias (I like minimal & clear layouts), but this current UI you got going on feels claustrophobic at best. Since you're committing to a horizontal…
skilled on HNThank you for the detailed feedback marginalia_nu! Yes I agree search UX has not been evolving much. I wish it would. What version of Windows and what browser are you using? How…
ryes on HN
Instagram and Twitter columns unwanted
From 2 comments
Thank you for the kind compliment, that is appreciated :) Good feedback! Ok I will definitely add an option to turn off Instagram and Twitter. Is there anything besides those?…
ryes on HNJust added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you!
ryes on HN
Wants manual control over columns, which the maker resisted
From 2 comments
Thank you for replying to my questions. Ok I've added a way to disable Instagram and Twitter. Is there other ones you'd like disabled? Or are you wanting to set specific ones to…
ryes on HNThat is great insight. Yes auto based on data is usually what works for most. I get that the crowd here would like manual... will need to consider that. The more regular users…
ryes on HN
Requests
Option to disable Instagram and Twitter columns
From 1 comment
Just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you!
ryes on HN
Dark mode
From 1 comment
Just added Dark Mode, take a look and let me know if that is better for you https://swurl.com/
ryes on HN
More sources such as Quora, Arxiv, and HN
From 2 comments
Thanks for your response. Also that's cool you're probably right about meta tags open graph is broadly used but not uniform in their content. As for additional sites…
jawerty on HNWooo, love it visarga. That is good input and suggestions. I don't usually use Arxiv. Do you have some example queries where you would like to see a Arxiv column? Also same with…
ryes on HN
Search profiles or pinned columns
From 2 comments
Thank you for the kind compliment, that is appreciated :) Good feedback! Ok I will definitely add an option to turn off Instagram and Twitter. Is there anything besides those?…
ryes on HNWow, this is the best feedback. A lot here that is helpful. Search profiles. This is a good idea. But could add a lot of complexity and options to fiddle with. I'm trying to just…
ryes on HN
Questions
Which columns would you not want to see
From 1 comment
Dark mode is definitely on the short list of future todos... will probably get to it in the next 30 days. On toggleable, that is interesting feedback. It is a bit different. I…
ryes on HN
Should the design use automatic or manual column ordering
From 1 comment
Thank you for replying to my questions. Ok I've added a way to disable Instagram and Twitter. Is there other ones you'd like disabled? Or are you wanting to set specific ones to…
ryes on HN
Alternatives named
Kagi
From 1 comment
I’ve tried it on mobile and it works very well. Super smooth navigation, nothings lagging or moving in unintuitive ways. But for me personally the preview of the next column…
Version467 on HN
DuckDuckGo
From 1 comment
Thank you, glad you like the name, Swurl. I would totally be cool with swapping out other search engines, but You.com and DDG don't give any a search API, so can't do that. If…
ryes on HN
Brave Search
From 1 comment
Wow, this is the best feedback. A lot here that is helpful. Search profiles. This is a good idea. But could add a lot of complexity and options to fiddle with. I'm trying to just…
ryes on HN
Dogpile
From 1 comment
Thank you austin, I appreciate the feedback! I am using Google directly through their paid API, so it is official and legitimate. Not scraping.…
ryes on HN