Re:HN Search Updated
by pcvarmint on Saturday January 25, 2014 @07:34AM
(#7120615)
The new engine is currently unusable because:
It does not clearly allow searching for stories, comments, or users.
It does not clearly allow sorting by relevance, date or score.
The screenshots are useless and take up valuable screen space, disrupting the flow of text and making it hard to scan. It is especially bad on a mobile phone.
The excerpts of text are too long, requiring you to scroll pages and pages when all you need are titles.
There is too much wasted blank space on the pages.
The search results look more like a daily digest you'd read in email, than search results you'd use to quickly find what you're looking for.
It does not clearly allow searching for stories, comments, or users.
It does not clearly allow sorting by relevance, date or score.
The screenshots are useless and take up valuable screen space, disrupting the flow of text and making it hard to scan. It is especially bad on a mobile phone.
The excerpts of text are too long, requiring you to scroll pages and pages when all you need are titles.
There is too much wasted blank space on the pages.
The search results look more like a daily digest you'd read in email, than search results you'd use to quickly find what you're looking for.
At least hnsearch.com still works, for now.