Example/Good Web Pages to Learn SetSee On

To give you a feel of how SetSee works on different types of web pages, try the links below—they represent a fairly wide variety of page styles (and types of information) that SetSee works well with.  You must have installed the Personal Edition browser extension to try SetSee on these pages.  They are not demo pages, but actual live Web pages that work well with SetSee.

You should try typing a little more slowly than you normally would, so you can see how the filtering happens dynamically as each character is added or removed in the search panel.  Also, try using the backspace key, or adding a junk string (e.g., zwy) to your search terms...  Just experiment—SetSee does not harm the page!  And you can stop it running and restore the page to its original look by pressing the ESC  key twice: ESC ESC.

Some of the links below are coded with a feature so that the URL has a SetSee-specific argument that launches SetSee automatically and does an initial search—if you have the browser extension installed, the page will shrink before you even type anything!  This can be a useful feature when sending links to other people, since you can cut and paste the generated URL and your recipient will get the same results if they have SetSee installed or if the page uses the Publisher Edition to enable SetSee searching.

  1. media

  1. page:        current articles at Wired magazine
    # of items:        26 at a time (page uses a     More Stories button)
    Comment:        embedded SetSee could be an alternative to the  More Stories button
  2. page:        listing of blog posts from Rand Corporation
    # of items:        ~35
  3. page:        list of recent op-ed pieces by Paul Krugman at the NY Times
    # of items:        40+
    Comment:        Pages like this one on the NY Times website are about the only pages there that work with SetSee.  (You may need to scroll down on this list of Op-Ed articles  a few times to cause the infinite scrolling mechanism to kick in and load more items.)

  1. tables and lists

  1. page:        booklets published by the Bioenergy Technologies Office from the DOE
    # of items:        ~100
  2. page:        mapping of Library of Congress book classifications to Dewey Decimal system
    # of items:        ~1300+
  3. page:        list of news releases from the SEC
    # of items:        100 at a time
    Comment:        Like many web pages, this one is designed to limit you to seeing a small number         of items at a time… but SetSee is still useful.
     

  1. Wikipedia

  1. page:        the Beatles
    # of items:        “3,480” (inaccurate, but 25 NextPage keypresses are required on portrait-mode 27” monitor)
    initial search:            manager 1970                  ► reduces to 1 item
    Comment:        an easier way to find the text you want within such a long Wikipedia article
  2. page:        List of countries and dependencies by population
    # of items:        700+ countries in a table, plus references and notes
    initial search:        iran,ethi,bol,mex,bang   ► reduces to 5 items
    Comment:        Quickly compare the population of 5 countries on different continents (the OR operator is        very useful on small sets).
  3. page:        a Library of Congress digital film archive listing of some films in their database
    # of items:        ~230
    Comment:        Lists with texts and photos are easier to search with SetSee because of the larger amount        of reen real estate used.
  4. page:        List of common misconceptions
    # of items:        1000+ entries
    Comment:        SetSee does not filter this well, but it is still more helpful than the find command.

  1. Info on Helpful Websites

  1. page:                list of your contacts in LinkedIn
    # of items:        25-1,000?
    Comment:        You may need to scroll down on this list a few times to cause the infinite scrolling         mechanism to kick in and load more items, letting SetSee be more helpful.
  2. page:                list of your notifications in LinkedIn
    # of items:        25-100?
    Comment:        You may need to scroll down on this list a few times to cause the infinite scrolling         mechanism to kick in and load more items, letting SetSee be more helpful.
  3. page:                list of all cast on some TV or movie entry on IMDB.com
    # of items:        50-1000’s
  4. page:                a user community forum page on a freelancer job site
    # of items:        100’s
    Comment:        You may need to click the Load More button on this list a few times, and stop & restart SetSee.
  5. page:                a TV listings page
    # of items:        900 channel
    initial search:            golf,tennis
    Comment:        This may take 5 seconds to load and filter, as the table is large.

  1. shopping


Most shopping sites already try to make it easy to find just what you want, with various UI mechanisms, some better than others; SetSee can still help.

  1.  page:                some eBay search results from
    # of items:        100’s
    initial search:            orange
  2. page:                a list of product recommendations at the NY Times Wirecutter site
    # of items:        180
  3. page:                a list of upcoming events at a performing arts space
    # of items:        50-100
  4. page:                miscellaneous page of online shopping
    # of items:        20-80

  1. directories

  1. page:                women-founded companies funded by Y Combinator        
    # of items:        600+
    Comment:        Very useful for this long list (150+ pages, if printed) 
  2. page:                a photo list of conference speakers 
    # of items:        40+
    initial search:            china,france,br
            

 

  1. legal stuff

  1. page:                a legal analysis
    # of items:        28
    initial search:            liberty arbit
    Comment:        Even if the filtering is rough, can give you a quick sense of the occurrences of words together
  2. page:                the US Constituion
    # of items:        102
    initial search:            debate,section
    Comment:        Note how including the word section in an OR search shows you want section of each article the matches occur in (at the cost of many hits of just the word section)

  1. magazine articles

  1. page:                an article in The Atlantic magazine                
    # of items:        29 paragraphs        
    initial search:            family
  2. page:                an article in The Monthly Review magazine                
    # of items:        64 paragraphs        

  1. Google pages

  1. page:                Gmail inbox
    # of items:        ~100
    Comment:        This can occasionally be useful to find a recent message very quickly, especially  if your         Gmail settings default to display 100 messages on your portrait orientation monitor.
  2. page                Gmail settings: labels
    # of items:        ~100
    Comment:        Helpful if you use a lot of Gmail labels to tag your 1000’s of messages.
  3. page                Gmail settings: filters
    # of items:        ~50
    Comment:        Helpful if you use a lot of Gmail filters to automatically handle your email.
  4. page                Google Docs: list of add-ons in the Google Workspace Marketplace
    # of items:        ~100
    Comment:        Very useful for finding add-ons with certain keywords in their description.
  5. page:                search results from some random Google search
    # of items:        ~100
    Comment:        Google uses infinite scrolling and/or a More Results button to load more


  1. your personal life


SetSee often works well on various personal accounts you may have.  Some such personal pages have generic URLs, like the first one below for the NY Times, but mostly you’ll have to just try SetSee when you’re logged into your accounts.

  1. saved articles from your NY Times account


  2. lists of transactions over the past months in your credit card or bank account:


  3. lists of things you want to consider in the future on Amazon (books to read, gifts to buy, etc):


  4. saved articles from your account at The Atlantic magazine:

  1. any directory on your Windows PC

For example, cut and paste the following line into the address bar of your browser:
    file:///C:/Windows
If SetSee does not work on this, you may need to change an option on your extensions page.
This is a quick way to find files that have patterns in the filenames, within a large directory.


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