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by andy_ppp 442 days ago
When I go to a shopping website I want to be able to tell my browser "hey please go through all the sideboards on this list and filter out for the ones that are larger than 155cm and smaller than 100cm, prioritise the ones with dark wood and space for vinyl records which are 31.43cm tall" for example.

Is there any browser that can do this yet as it seems extremely useful to be able to extract details from the page!
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mfkhalil 442 days ago
Hey, we’re working on MatterRank which is pretty similar to this but currently works on web search. (e.g. I want to prioritize results that talk about X and have Y bias and I want to deprioritize those that are trying to sell me something). Feel free to try it out at https://matterrank.ai

Would also be interested in hearing more about what you’re envisioning for your use case. Are you thinking a browser extension that acts on sites you’re already on, or some sort of shopping aggregator that lets you do this, or something else entirely?

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Niksko 442 days ago
Not OP but I definitely sympathise with them. I don't know how practical it is to implement or how profitable it would be, but the problem I often have is this: * I have something I want to buy and have specific needs for it (height, color, shape, other properties) * I know that there's a good chance the website I'm on sells a product that meets those needs (or possibly several such that I'd want to choose from) * my criteria are more specific than the filters available on the site e.g. I want a specific length down to a few cm because I want the biggest thing that will fit in a fixed space * crucially for an AI use case: the information exists on the individual product pages. They all list dimensions and specifications. I just don't want to have to go through them all.

Example: find me all of the desks on IKEA that come in light coloured wood, are 55 inches wide, and rank them from deepest to shallowest. Oh, and make sure they're in stock at my nearest IKEA, or are delivering within the next week.

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unixfox 441 days ago
You could do that with browser-use: https://browser-use.com/
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bravura 442 days ago
When doing interior decoration, I am definitely interested in finding objects that fit very specific prompts.
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