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How HN took it
3 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful and clean UI close to the original site
From 3 comments
I built the same thing, was planning on finishing the app and buying the domain tomorrow. Oh well, this is better than what I would have had anyway.…
nicklovescode on HNI like your implementation/UI better... very little change from the existing site!
martinshen on HNLove it. Give me the possibility to search titles only (a checkbox) and this will be my favorite search tool for HN.
Kilimanjaro on HN
Maker quickly added requested features like title-only search
From 2 comments
Love it. Give me the possibility to search titles only (a checkbox) and this will be my favorite search tool for HN.
Kilimanjaro on HNDone, there ya go.
vnorby on HN
Objections
Typing spaces or special characters crashed browsers due to an infinite loop
From 3 comments
Looks good. Except when you type a single space character the app enters into an infinite loop making it very difficult to do anything else in the browser (Chrome). Even…
kwamenum86 on HNInteresting idea but on my first query, it locked up Chrome on me and went absolutely batsh1t crazy. Had to shut down Chrome and relaunch it. Will wait for MVP2.0
asanwal on HNhow come this post is still on top with such a serious bug? Hitting space makes it enter into infinite loop. It crashed my browser while I was in middle of something important.
garb on HN
Every keystroke added browser history entries, breaking back navigation
From 2 comments
I found its messing with history incredibly annoying. Here's why... Every single letter typed creates a new history item. It got to the point where so many history items were…
planckscnst on HNInteresting. Is it normal that the browser's back button is essentially rendered useless after a query or two?
hackly on HN
Requests
Add autocomplete for true instant search
From 3 comments
Based on the way the search API works I don't think this is feasible. "dropb" is not a token that the system recognizes as being part of "dropbox" so I think dropb essentially…
kwamenum86 on HNWe definitely want to add autocomplete to ThriftDB.
andres on HNYeah I feel like you can't have true instant search without autocomplete. Lots of people don't realize that the reason Google's instant search is effective is that they can tell…
kwamenum86 on HN
Cache local results while typing
From 1 comment
you should cache local results, so as I type: ``` drop > dropb > dropbo > dropbox ``` I get no white screen in between, rather previous list filtered
tzury on HN
Highlight queries in results
From 1 comment
Nice work. Could you highlight queries?
stuntgoat on HN
Questions
Why is a three hour project mentioned in the title
From 2 comments
"3 hour project" - I wonder what the author's intent is to point out that it took him 3 hours to implement? (I've equally been curious about the ones where people share their…
askar_yu on HNBoth signify that the project was done quickly & may have bugs. Also, they aren't necessarily attempting to turn the project into a business, or even make money off the project.…
zbanks on HN
Alternatives named
SearchYC instant search via URL parameter
From 1 comment
Little known fact: SearchYC does instant search if you add &instant=true to the URL: http://searchyc.com/hacker+news?sort=by_date&instant=true It's not enabled by default because…
chengmi on HN
Nick Cammarata's independent HN instant search clone
From 1 comment
I built the same thing, was planning on finishing the app and buying the domain tomorrow. Oh well, this is better than what I would have had anyway.…
nicklovescode on HN