Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by ericb 6518 days ago
I have nothing to do with the site or author, but I can suggest the following:

-Google defaults to under-emphasizing results related to errors specific in newer versions of software. So when a bug in a new release comes out, info is often no where to be seen--it is obscured by older items with higher rank.

-Google includes links to both questions, and answers. I only want answers.

-Google's results are across multiple pages and obscured in forum discussions. I want one page with all the answers and info.

-Google frequently returns results from experts exchange, which involves scrolling to the bottom. Additionally, I've talked to developers who don't even realize the unobscured answer is at the bottom.

-Some code queries do not translate well into regular searches because the characters have meaning. Off the top of my head example: select * from blah

-There is not always a nice centralized place to go to share it with the world know when you have a fix.

That said, I'm not sure this site implements solutions to all these problems, but a wiki-type site could. Isn't Jeff Atwood doing something with a similar idea?