Community lens page

KagiForMe

Thanks for the write-up!

KagiForMe

I feel like, that user submittet lenses and bangs & themes should be in the same place. Maybe with a side panel that lets you switch between them?
And this might be off-topic, but it is well past time that the limit on the lenses (both overall, 20 lenses is a bit low, as well as sites per lense, 10 is far too less) increases. Especially, when lenses will now be shared and actually a lot of thought will go into them.

Recast

I'll be honest, I've been paying for Kagi for more than a year but I don't really understand lenses. In the marketing they seemed like they'd be so helpful, and the available options seem powerful, but... I just don't know what to do with them.

If lenses really are as helpful as they seem, I'd certainly benefit from a public list of lenses other people have created and shared, so I can use their lenses or I can be inspired to create my own.

To anyone reading this, I invite you to share any lenses you've created, so I can be inspired without specifically needing a public list 🙂

flynnf

Recast The usage I can think of is to search for GPTs by adding "chat.openai.com/g". However, I don't know why this lens only works on my phone and cannot find any results on PC. 😅

aestetix

What does your feature entail? What is it for? How will it affect existing workflows or user experience?
My favorite part of Kagi is the lenses. I like the fact we can add all sorts of customizations, but I'm lazy and not good at coming up with my own. I know it's possible to share one via a sharing link, but I'd really love a gallery where I could search through existing lenses others have created.

What are the exact ways that you see a user using your proposed feature? Please go into as much detail as possible, and provide examples of how other browsers/apps implement this feature, if applicable. If your feature suggestion adds on to an existing feature, how would it work into it to extend its usefulness?
Some kind of online gallery similar to a web browser's extensions search.

gunslingerfry

New user here.

Related to @Vlad's concerns about liability in the "Share custom lenses with other users" post: a flagging mechanism for lenses of malicious intent. As well as a scan of the URLs using a reputable phishing/malware list like https://openphish.com/, Google Safe Browsing, or something similar. Give clear explanations about what Kagi does and does not guarantee and an auditable description of safety measures Kagi has performed.

Create a vetted by Kagi list where a greater safety guarantee can be given. Grown at a rate comfortable for Kagi.

Value7609

@gunslingerfry I guess something similar to how firefox does it with their addons.
They have some addons that are "monitored by mozilla", but most have a notice that it is not actively monitored by mozilla.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-on-badges