Hey Adam, please review some of replies I’ve made to other commentators for issues I don’t address here.
>ease of use
A keyboard shortcut, chrome extension that serves the results in a side bar or some other spot, autocomplete in the search bar, or bookmark would remove that friction.
If I want to go to lesswrong, I hit ctrl-t for a new tab, type “les” and chrome completes the url. The same would apply.
>cognitive overhead
I do not think about those things for something that delivers me consistent value. If the starting premise is “I don’t value this.” It doesn’t matter what comes after it.
>less time browsing
Wanting to spend less time doing semi-productive browsing isn’t something a better search engine can fix—unless it’s because the result quality is the reason the time is semi-productive.
A keyboard shortcut, chrome extension that serves the results in a side bar or some other spot, autocomplete in the search bar, or bookmark would remove that friction.
Good point. I see the need to set that up as a downside but ultimately a relatively small one.
I do not think about those things for something that delivers me consistent value. If the starting premise is “I don’t value this.” It doesn’t matter what comes after it.
Yeah, that makes sense too. I was thinking along the lines of “I don’t think this would provide me a lot of value, but maybe it’d provide a little value. But if it provides a small amount of value, the small downsides might outweigh the small value.”
Hey Adam, please review some of replies I’ve made to other commentators for issues I don’t address here.
>ease of use
A keyboard shortcut, chrome extension that serves the results in a side bar or some other spot, autocomplete in the search bar, or bookmark would remove that friction.
If I want to go to lesswrong, I hit ctrl-t for a new tab, type “les” and chrome completes the url. The same would apply.
>cognitive overhead
I do not think about those things for something that delivers me consistent value. If the starting premise is “I don’t value this.” It doesn’t matter what comes after it.
>less time browsing
Wanting to spend less time doing semi-productive browsing isn’t something a better search engine can fix—unless it’s because the result quality is the reason the time is semi-productive.
Good point. I see the need to set that up as a downside but ultimately a relatively small one.
Yeah, that makes sense too. I was thinking along the lines of “I don’t think this would provide me a lot of value, but maybe it’d provide a little value. But if it provides a small amount of value, the small downsides might outweigh the small value.”