Wikipedia will still need to be 1 of the first 10 Google results to trigger the Wikipedia column though.
Would you prefer the columns to be consistent, vs dynamic based on search? Google web results are always first.
The order of the columns is based on the Google result ranking. The Google results usually trigger the column ranking generally. For example Wikipedia will only show if Google returns Wikipedia in the first 10 results. Same with pushing Instagram order up. So it is trying to show you relevant columns depending on the search. It is only as good as Google is at it.
What is the resolution of your laptop? I can test it to try to see what you see.
Yes it could feel too dense. It is a tradeoff. I could make it more minimal, but less info will show. I'm trying to make it as consistent/uniform/hierarchical as possible to make it feel less busy. It is very different, I am hoping people could get use to it and then like it better... but I may be wrong there.
I've been using this pretty heavily for the last couple of days and I am liking it with the exception of one issue which is becoming a deal-breaker for me: it defaults to opening a new tab, which means that back isn't useful. I could always close the tab, but I have that burned into my muscle memory. Since the shortcut for opening a new tab is also an easy one for most people (cmd-click) it seems unnecessary to force it, IMO. Your call, though :)
Some comments:
- it seems like the order of the columns is not consistent across searches?
- I'm on the laptop and the columns extend past the edge vertically - I can scroll but it's not ideal. I expect this isn't a problem on a bigger screen.
- personally I don't care much for the Amazon and Instagram streams, although that might depend on the user. It certainly depends on what the search target is (any way to figure out if there's a near-perfect match with an Amazon product?)
- In general I think I'd like to see Wikipedia results first, but again, depends on what kind of search it is.
- (on laptop at least) it felt a little bit too dense, IMO, but I like pretty minimalist UIs.
Nice work!