I’m talking about one that isn’t tied to a specific client though, that’s what a new replacement for nostr.band would need to be. It can even be zap-gated, if the search result quality was worth paying for.
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🤷♂️ If I need to search the internet I go to Google. I don’t need to have Google replicated in every website. You don’t have to use Primal as your primary client to use it for search, but it also isn’t free. But we’re nostr, and as you alluded, we don’t complain about paying for what we use. $7/month for unlimited access to the best advanced search on Nostr. Not saying it couldn’t be more versatile by then allowing it to be integrated into other clients, but even if you only use Primal.net or their app as your dedicated nostr search engine, it’s an excellent choice.
If it doesn’t work on desktop browsers, it’s of very little use to me.
Primal works in desktop browsers though… Not sure what you’re getting at, but what I’m saying is that it is in fact a good option for search on Nostr, perhaps even the only option at the moment. I’m not aware of other search providers on nostr right now, but if a better one comes along, whether from Primal or anyone else, it will be a good thing. Yakihonne recently added some decent filters for creating feeds, but I couldn’t get it to really work as a search and it didn’t reliably find the notes I used to test it. It’s an area where nostr has room for improvement, but it’s kind of silly for people to ignore that there is an option for search, even it doesn’t check off all the boxes on your checklist.
Not a Primal hatoor, I’ve just never had a good experience with the desktop client. It seems like it’s been abandoned.
Been working fine for me, but your experience is your experience. The github for their web app shows recent and regular updates so doesn’t seem to be abandoned at all.
My experience comes from doing a lot of searches for peoples’ first Nostr notes and had much more success finding them with a combination of nostr.band and advancednostrsearch than I did using Primal. I gave it a fair shot.
Also I just tried the Primal destkop search now and it complete froze my browser. So that really doesn’t bode well.