[HN Gopher] Show HN: SimpleSearch - Just a list of search bars
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Show HN: SimpleSearch - Just a list of search bars
I made this site for myself, SimpleSearch.info, as new default
browser page. I'm not sure if it actually _saves_ time or clicks
(though, for me, it saves at least one click per search), but I
find the search experience more pleasant. On desktop, it's nice to
just have these search bars as the first thing that pops up in a
new window or tab vs clicking bookmarks in the toolbar or elsewhere
then searching. Similarly, on mobile, I like just clicking on one
icon for all my searches. The vast majority of my web browsing
begins with a search or LLM query. I'm curious if this is helpful
to anyone else and if there are any additional features I might add
to make it more useful. Thanks!
Author : wwickey
Score : 18 points
Date : 2025-01-26 19:05 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (simplesearch.info)
(TXT) w3m dump (simplesearch.info)
| andrewfromx wrote:
| Nice add https://chat.deepseek.com and move https://claude.ai to
| main list
| lnoir wrote:
| Came to say the same.
| Brysonbw wrote:
| I like this - simple, good, and practical
|
| # Feedback
|
| - Maybe add a way for a user to modify/adjust layout of search
| bars. For example view them in a row or grid versus single column
|
| - Delete a search bar from the list versus replacing it with
| another search bar. For example, I may just want to see github
| and google only. But can always add more from the 'more' dropdown
| menu. Basically adding an 'X' to the left of the search bar
|
| Once again, smooth app
| wwickey wrote:
| Thanks!
|
| I'm going to incorporate this and some of the other feedback in
| the comments.
|
| Very helpful. Appreciate the suggestions, all.
| yawnxyz wrote:
| how come I'm only seeing a Godaddy default page?
| hodanli wrote:
| same here
| wwickey wrote:
| Ty for the heads up. I think I identified the issue (not,
| sure why it was affecting some users and not others).
| Updated! Might take a little time to propagate.
| mg wrote:
| I had a similar idea a while back and built Gnod Search around
| it:
|
| https://www.gnod.com/search
|
| You can enter a search term and then click on the button of a
| search engine.
|
| Or you can just press the first char in the name of the engine.
| So you can search Google for "hello world" by typing "hello
| world<enter>g". And then go back and just hit "c" to send the
| same query to ChatGPT.
| wwickey wrote:
| Ah, cool, yes, same idea! I like it.
|
| Any of the expanded search options get much action?
| mg wrote:
| Not sure. I have not much insight into how people use it.
| Just like you, I mostly have built it (and keep building it)
| for myself. And yes, I also think it saves time.
| wwickey wrote:
| Cool, thanks.
|
| Some of the options, for example, ReelGood, I personally
| use all the time, but I'm not sure how common that is for
| others.
|
| I'm sure there are searches (maybe things like arxiv,
| Google Translate, Google Scholar, Spotify, etc.) that other
| people use more often. I initially opted to keep things
| tidy (and "'simple'") vs comprehensive, but I will add
| those and others if anyone wants them!
| das_keyboard wrote:
| I don't really see the point of this - but here is some feedback
| from trying it out:
|
| * Whatsapp search is broken. Goes to
| "https://web.whatsapp.comSEARCHPHRASE/"
|
| * Most of these only work when logged in via cookie to the
| service
|
| * Amazon search inserts your affiliate tag - you might want to
| make this clear somewhere.
| wwickey wrote:
| Yes! Thanks. Will update.
|
| Yeah, for me, it's just a _little_ bit better of a search
| experience. Would not expect that the be the case for everyone.
| Was wondering if that would actually be the case for _most_
| people. Glad to see some folks some see value in it.
| fogleman wrote:
| IMO: get rid of the animations
| blue_coder wrote:
| Agreed, was going to mention the same thing.
| jccalhoun wrote:
| I'm not sure what multisearch option does? I would think that it
| would do the same search on all the places checked but it doesn't
| seem to do that?
| wwickey wrote:
| Yes, the multisearch option should open all of the checked
| options in new tabs. Some browsers or incognito modes will
| block this by default, so a user may have to enable on their
| end if that's functionality they care about. Firefox, for
| example, should notify you that it blocked popups and ask you
| if you want it to keep doing that same thing moving forward.
| This feature is also not as relevant on mobile. I can
| troubleshoot further if that's not working as intended. I
| considered just removing multisearch, but I do personally use
| it when I want to check regular search and an LLM in one go,
| which is actually pretty often. (Plus I achieve tab overflow at
| least 3x faster! xD)
| submeta wrote:
| I did this in Emacs, created a function that will search a
| keyword on various sites. :) M-x omnisearch keyword<RET> And it
| logs all of my searches in an org file. Pretty useful logfile
| after a while.
|
| So yes, I can see the value of such a tool :)
| thmsp wrote:
| Interesting ! Would you mind sharing the sources ?
| ss64 wrote:
| It needs to have a dark mode in the CSS.
| wwickey wrote:
| There's a dark mode toggle persistent in the upper right. :-)
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