Let me Duck Duck Go that for you

Re:Let me Duck Duck Go that for you by epi0Bauqu on Monday May 10, 2010 @02:48PM (#1335544)

Thx for the detailed constructive criticism. On 1, I disagree with the premise that you can't improve UI. It's a subjective thing but I strongly believe a non-negligible % of people would prefer a different UI.

That being said, wrt to fonts and sizes, I wonder if you like any arrangement after tweaking the settings? http://duckduckgo.com/settings.html

On 2, I get way more positive feedback on this than negative, perhaps 10/1, though I do agree there are issues around the edges.

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Re:Let me Duck Duck Go that for you by axod on Monday May 10, 2010 @04:52PM (#1335900)

I know I've said this before, but the infinite scroll always catches me out.

I often brush on the trackpad to get to the bottom of the page. If there isn't a bottom of the page, it just freaks me out. It makes me think something's broken. Maybe I'm just an outlier though ;)

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Re:Let me Duck Duck Go that for you by lappie on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @12:42AM (#1336923)

My hunch is that most of the feedback is from technicaly inclined people and most of them are expressing the 'coolness' of the infinite scroll rather than a coginitive-usability perspective. Maybe try doing a feedback round with non-technical people, possibly with something like usertesting.org. Also, the infinite scroll is a pretty old paradigm and Google would have definitely run it through its user tests, but htey obviously dont find a lot of value in it.

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