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Try it with this search:

an entire block of smash car windows

I’ll have to test Searx, Grasp, & Kagi. Right now I start with DDG and bang out to Google (append !g to my DDG search) at least half the time.

So note to DDG devs: those Google bang searches had results that left me disaPPOINTED!

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I get the same issue all the time lately. Search, click link, go back - clicked link gone, different results shown.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I get this but never clicked link gone. Rearranged or added results.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I always use mousewheeldown click nowadays, it opens the link in a new tab.

Also mwd on the tabs themselves close the tab (without needing to hit the tiny cross).

Changed the way I browse

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's what I do on the desktop, but on mobile there's no quick way to open a new tab.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Would it help turning on the setting to have the links always open in a new tab?
It's been a long time since I used ddg, but I believe they have the option in their settings page, most search engines do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

While this is not a bad shout, I hate that this rearranging logic has made it to production in the first place. Ddg should really know better.