Show HN: New drag and drop search engine

(dropicon.com)

12 points | by dropicon 1548 days ago

5 comments

  • bananicorn 1547 days ago
    Interesting concept, really clean execution - although I wonder: Where do you see the use-case?

    Something domain-specific, like maybe cooking recipes where you combine icons representing the ingredients?

    A search where you could mix and match all kinds of game genres?

    It would have to be something where the icons are understandable at a glance, and where you can just throw them into the 'pot' without much further thought.

    As it is right here, I don't see why I would use this over a traditional text-based search engine, but I could imagine this working rather well in a more confined setting, maybe embedded in another website :)

    • dropicon 1547 days ago
      Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.
  • splittydev 1547 days ago
    Looks pretty cool and I generally like the concept, but most combinations come up with 0 results.
    • splittydev 1547 days ago
      For example, if I put in Flights and Funny, I'd expect to get funny flight stories. If I type the query into google as "flights" "funny" I'm getting exactly the type of results I'd expect from your search engine as well. Just some constructive criticism. I really like the idea.
      • dropicon 1547 days ago
        Thanks, constructive criticism very welcome. Yes you are absolutely right. There isn't enough search data yet but it will improve over the coming weeks as more sites are trawled.
  • nquryshi 1547 days ago
    Super interesting! Wondering if this can potentially have a practical use case over google?
    • dropicon 1547 days ago
      Thank you. Yes hopefully it can and it works really well on desktop or mobile.
  • doublerabbit 1548 days ago
    Well that’s refreshing.
    • dropicon 1548 days ago
      Thanks for taking the time to take a look.
  • Chicago77 1547 days ago
    Brilliant. Needs more results but I like the concept.