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Re:Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results ... by jtvjan on Sunday May 24, 2020 @08:25PM (#23296310)
When you search for a file extension, almost always those useless sites pop up that are just advertisements for a ``driver manager" or ``registry cleaner". The justsolve wiki[1] is a pretty good resource for file extensions, but it's not popular enough yet to rank high in search results.

[1]: http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/

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Re:Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results ... by l0b0 on Monday May 25, 2020 @01:26AM (#23298157)
After looking into it a bit it seems like a good resource, but a few tweaks would be handy:

- TLS would improve the site ranking and make it look much more serious. These days plain HTTP is just a red flag.

- "This Site's URL is permanently http://fileformats.archiveteam.org!" is the first thing I see. That's just weird. Who actually cares? And when was the last time you saw a URL spelled out with the protocol part visible to the end user? This is just confusing and makes the site look like it hasn't changed since the 90s.

- "First Time Visiting This Wiki? Please read the Statement of Project to understand why this project exists. Then check out the FAQ for some frequently asked questions about the project and its goals and procedures. Finally, brush up on the guidelines for Editing." Err, no, that's not what any first time user would do, that's what power users might do.

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Re:Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results ... by vertex-four on Monday May 25, 2020 @05:14AM (#23299413)
I imagine that right now, it's mostly an internal site for people involved in Archive Team to build out content, and there's an intent to actually publish this as something end users might find useful later.
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Re:Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results ... by wingerlang on Monday May 25, 2020 @02:43AM (#23298625)
I’m a first time user and I looked at those pages and found it pretty valuable since the site itself isn’t really clear.

I’d expect a site like this to have a big list of extensions on the first page.

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Re:Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results ... by kevin_thibedeau on Monday May 25, 2020 @02:03PM (#23303248)
> And when was the last time you saw a URL spelled out with the protocol part visible to the end user?

In my URL bar right now. It requires a browser that respects one's intelligence.

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Re:Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results ... by l0b0 on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @12:05AM (#23307311)
Of course, I use Firefox as well :) I meant on a web page.
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Re:Show HN: A Firefox add-on to strip Google search results ... by superdisk on Monday May 25, 2020 @12:23AM (#23297785)
The justsolve wiki is actually really valuable and good information, but the name always makes me think it's a spam site.
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