Gmail's search on mobile, where things come up in the quick results only to disappear when I complete the search, is a millstone about my neck.
mrngm 6 minutes ago [-]
Asana has the same problem. Really frustrating.
tetris11 22 minutes ago [-]
Quotes should be enough to trigger an exact search. How we regressed from this is beyond me
mikewarot 18 minutes ago [-]
Strong agree... now if only there were a way to specify "text" followed by a non-character. Some words I need to find turn out to be prefixes. 8(
leros 10 minutes ago [-]
HackerNews search respects double quotes around your terms as an exact match, as do many other search engines.
For example search for "Amerca" with and without quotes. Without quotes you get content for "America" but with quotes you only get the exact typo match.
lukan 18 minutes ago [-]
Spotify's fuzzy search makes me want to do pirating again. Looking for a non mainstream artist can be really hard at times for no good reason than to appeal to the dumb average user. I even tried to build my own spotify player and going over the API - same shit (allmost).
archonis 18 minutes ago [-]
Exact match results followed by fuzzy match would cover most use cases, and clear toggles would cover the remaing ones.
It boggles the mind why this particular wheel keeps getting reinvented in octoganal shapes.
19 minutes ago [-]
bawolff 23 minutes ago [-]
> Not just HN
Umm, does HN even have a search?
Almost every site i've ever used the search of supported exact matches by putting the query in quote marks.
mplanchard 23 minutes ago [-]
Search input box is at the bottom, yes
bawolff 22 minutes ago [-]
Oh wow. Never noticed that before. Guess im blind.
Although when i tested it just now it did seem to support exact matches using quotes.
bdangubic 21 minutes ago [-]
absolute marvel of design. it is exactly where it should be!
Rendered at 19:03:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
For example search for "Amerca" with and without quotes. Without quotes you get content for "America" but with quotes you only get the exact typo match.
It boggles the mind why this particular wheel keeps getting reinvented in octoganal shapes.
Umm, does HN even have a search?
Almost every site i've ever used the search of supported exact matches by putting the query in quote marks.
Although when i tested it just now it did seem to support exact matches using quotes.