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Wow, the UX kind of sucks. I just wanted to browse the devices - no way to do that, only option is an 'ai' search. Ok, I type in "Show All Devices" and it canoo
by Leif24 6mo ago
Wow, the UX kind of sucks. I just wanted to browse the devices - no way to do that, only option is an 'ai' search. Ok, I type in "Show All Devices" and it canoodles for about 30 seconds (great use of compute resources) only to apparently come up with the phrase "Browse all devices available in the directory without specific project-based filters." that it then seems to feed into the actual search tool... which then shows no results.
Two thoughts - (1) is your device list some state secret that you have to hide behind a search functionality? Because it would be nice to be able to browse through it without needing to engage in some sort of 'search'. (2) can you provide another option besides an ai search that is so intelligent that it has superseded the ability to do wildcard searches?
Edit: same feedback, but for the projects section as well.
- wasmitnetzen 6mo agoThere's a paginated list on the front page for me. Maybe already fixed?
- iosifnicolae2 6mo agoyup :) thx for the feedback
- iosifnicolae2 6mo ago- by default, we are displaying all the devices so you can just scroll through the list - if you want to get all the devices for a specific use-case, you can setup filters - no, the search list is not secret.. you can even convert any page to markdown https://openhardware.directory/devices/md https://openhardware.directory/devices/md - you just have to add /md to any page - also, you can browse it with llms.txt (https://openhardware.directory/llms.txt https://openhardware.directory/llms.txt) I'm open to new ideas on how to improve the search experience