I've been using You.com as a secondary research tool alongside my main stack for a few months now, mostly for quick market intel and competitor content scans. The core AI search is genuinely useful, but my main gripe is the dashboard layout.
After just a couple of searches, the main workspace gets filled with "cards" for previous queries, snippets from web pages, and generated summaries. While I appreciate having some history, there's no intuitive way to collapse, group, or cleanly archive them. It starts to feel like my browser tabs—dozens open with no easy way to manage the mental clutter.
My workflow typically involves:
* Jumping in with 3-5 rapid-fire queries on a related topic.
* Comparing AI summaries against actual source snippets.
* Exporting the useful bits to a note-taking app.
By step three, the left-hand rail and main view are so packed with residual cards that it becomes distracting. I find myself manually deleting each card just to get a clean slate, which defeats the purpose of a "conversational" or persistent search tool.
Has anyone else run into this? I'd love to hear if you've found a system or a hidden setting to manage the card sprawl. I'm wondering if my use case (multiple, distinct query sessions per day) just isn't what the interface was optimized for.
— benk
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