Comments on: Duck Duck Go! http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/16/duck-duck-go/ Mon, 21 May 2012 05:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/16/duck-duck-go/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Daniel Tunkelang Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:27:52 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=630#comment-565 I think it does matter to keep the options manageable (preferably visible on the screen without scrolling), but I agree that the cut-off is sometime too harsh. Part of what I find so appealing about the interface is that its results feel less like a ranked list and more like a small, diverse set of alternatives. I think it does matter to keep the options manageable (preferably visible on the screen without scrolling), but I agree that the cut-off is sometime too harsh. Part of what I find so appealing about the interface is that its results feel less like a ranked list and more like a small, diverse set of alternatives.

]]> By: jeremy http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/16/duck-duck-go/comment-page-1/#comment-564 jeremy Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:26:44 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=630#comment-564 I really like what they've done. How cool. And how completely non-intrusive. It seems like a natural flow in one's search interaction with the engine. One thing I don't like about the interface, though: Why does the default only show 2-3 disambiguatory options. I tried a few TLAs, and sometimes the one that I meant would be ranked 4th.. I'd have to click the "see more" thing. I'd much rather see all 8 or 14 options at once. If I find what I'm looking for at rank 4, then the remaining options, further down in the list, don't really distract me at all. So it seems like there is really no reason not to show only 2-3 options at a time. I really like what they’ve done. How cool. And how completely non-intrusive. It seems like a natural flow in one’s search interaction with the engine.

One thing I don’t like about the interface, though: Why does the default only show 2-3 disambiguatory options. I tried a few TLAs, and sometimes the one that I meant would be ranked 4th.. I’d have to click the “see more” thing.

I’d much rather see all 8 or 14 options at once. If I find what I’m looking for at rank 4, then the remaining options, further down in the list, don’t really distract me at all. So it seems like there is really no reason not to show only 2-3 options at a time.

]]> By: Jon http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/16/duck-duck-go/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Jon Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:21:30 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=630#comment-563 "Duck Duck Go [was] removed from the voting platform due to malicious voting" yeesh “Duck Duck Go [was] removed from the voting platform due to malicious voting”

yeesh

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/16/duck-duck-go/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Daniel Tunkelang Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:37:51 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=630#comment-562 Indeed, and not even the winner or runner-up: http://mashable.com/2008/10/14/boss-mashable-challenge-winners/ Well, Yahoo's stock price may be struggling, but this is a testament to the value of its openness. I still want control over the sort order, but I admit this is more than I expected. I'll have to check out the other challenge entries. Indeed, and not even the winner or runner-up: http://mashable.com/2008/10/14/boss-mashable-challenge-winners/

Well, Yahoo’s stock price may be struggling, but this is a testament to the value of its openness. I still want control over the sort order, but I admit this is more than I expected. I’ll have to check out the other challenge entries.

]]> By: Jon http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/16/duck-duck-go/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Jon Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:25:58 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=630#comment-561 Its a Yahoo! BOSS app: http://mashable.com/2008/10/07/voting-boss-mashable-challenge/ Its a Yahoo! BOSS app:

http://mashable.com/2008/10/07/voting-boss-mashable-challenge/

]]> By: Jon http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/16/duck-duck-go/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Jon Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:14:31 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=630#comment-560 Thanks for pointing this out -- I'm definitely impressed with the super-clean interface. But, this doesn't seem to be a full-text search engine in the traditional sense. It really seems like a smart front-end to Wikipedia and other (semi-) structured collections, with some full-text search as a fallback. From what I can tell, data sources are give here: http://duckduckgo.com/search.html . The disambiguation and federation (or vertical selection, or whatever you want to call it) seems to be quite high quality, as do the data sources. This takes enough of the focus off of the actual text search to make it a little tough to get a sense for the quality of the document ranking. All in all, an impressive tool. Thanks for pointing this out — I’m definitely impressed with the super-clean interface.

But, this doesn’t seem to be a full-text search engine in the traditional sense. It really seems like a smart front-end to Wikipedia and other (semi-) structured collections, with some full-text search as a fallback. From what I can tell, data sources are give here: http://duckduckgo.com/search.html .

The disambiguation and federation (or vertical selection, or whatever you want to call it) seems to be quite high quality, as do the data sources. This takes enough of the focus off of the actual text search to make it a little tough to get a sense for the quality of the document ranking.

All in all, an impressive tool.

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