Re:Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?
by jrsmitchell on Monday January 12, 2015 @12:36PM
(#8875157)
I like the additional filtering in the experimental interface, for example to switch between "All" and "Hot". I could see that being quite useful. Though the experimental page has too much whitespace for my liking - I can see 5-6 stories on a page vs. 10 or so on the HN style page.
It would be great if it saved my preferences (Sort by, date range) since I usually end up flipping those values to the same thing.
One minor annoyance is "JavaScript" being picked up when I search for "java". Would be nice to have the option to search for whole words.
A very minor annoyance is usernames are treated the same as text in stories. If I search for 'IBM' for example, I'll get all stories submitted by user 'IBM'.
Re:Ask HN: What do you need in HN search?
by redox_ on Monday January 12, 2015 @12:38PM
(#8875168)
Yes "prefixed" search is enabled by default as-you-type. Just press "Enter", it will disable it. Being able to totally remove the "prefixed" search makes sense however.
It would be great if it saved my preferences (Sort by, date range) since I usually end up flipping those values to the same thing.
One minor annoyance is "JavaScript" being picked up when I search for "java". Would be nice to have the option to search for whole words.
A very minor annoyance is usernames are treated the same as text in stories. If I search for 'IBM' for example, I'll get all stories submitted by user 'IBM'.