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I like this quite a bit. I'd consider using something like this if only because it doesn't have ads at the top (it's a low bar).

Some comments:

- it seems like the order of the columns is not consistent across searches?

- I'm on the laptop and the columns extend past the edge vertically - I can scroll but it's not ideal. I expect this isn't a problem on a bigger screen.

- personally I don't care much for the Amazon and Instagram streams, although that might depend on the user. It certainly depends on what the search target is (any way to figure out if there's a near-perfect match with an Amazon product?)

- In general I think I'd like to see Wikipedia results first, but again, depends on what kind of search it is.

- (on laptop at least) it felt a little bit too dense, IMO, but I like pretty minimalist UIs.

Nice work!

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Thank you for the detailed feedback pschuegr! Awesome you like it.

Would you prefer the columns to be consistent, vs dynamic based on search? Google web results are always first.

The order of the columns is based on the Google result ranking. The Google results usually trigger the column ranking generally. For example Wikipedia will only show if Google returns Wikipedia in the first 10 results. Same with pushing Instagram order up. So it is trying to show you relevant columns depending on the search. It is only as good as Google is at it.

What is the resolution of your laptop? I can test it to try to see what you see.

Yes it could feel too dense. It is a tradeoff. I could make it more minimal, but less info will show. I'm trying to make it as consistent/uniform/hierarchical as possible to make it feel less busy. It is very different, I am hoping people could get use to it and then like it better... but I may be wrong there.

Chrome inner width/height is 2492x1452, if that's useful.

Thank you. That is super big. I did push Wikipedia to be more in front when it is relevant. Also I did increase the column width a good amount yesterday after everyone's feedback. I tried widening it even more, but then the images felt too big and less columns are shown. I think it is a pretty good balance right now. Please try it out more now and let me know if you get used to it.

Yeah, I think that's because it's retina?

I've been using this pretty heavily for the last couple of days and I am liking it with the exception of one issue which is becoming a deal-breaker for me: it defaults to opening a new tab, which means that back isn't useful. I could always close the tab, but I have that burned into my muscle memory. Since the shortcut for opening a new tab is also an easy one for most people (cmd-click) it seems unnecessary to force it, IMO. Your call, though :)

I just added a setting to disable "Open in a new tab". Disable it from the drop down menu on the right of the search input, and let me know if that works well for you now?

Ok based on your feedback I changed it so Wikipedia is grounded as the 2nd column more, should help with preference and making it feel more consistent. Let me know if it feels better for you now.

Wikipedia will still need to be 1 of the first 10 Google results to trigger the Wikipedia column though.

I just made the columns a bit wider based on another person's feedback, so it should feel a bit less dense and readable for you now. I hope that helps.

Just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you! I will think of adding others like Amazon.

Oh yeah, that's great. I could see it being potentially useful to toggle most of the columns.

I didn't notice this before, but the little circles on the upper left to help you navigate are great, are there keyboard shortcuts for them by any chance?

No keyboard shortcuts right now, but thinking about adding them. What keyboard keys would you like to use for that?

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