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Search history can get cluttered with duplicates #47

Open slifty opened 5 years ago

slifty commented 5 years ago

There are circumstances where simply going "back" to a search result runs it a second time; or hitting refresh.

We may want to consider collapsing searches with identical terms.

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reefdog commented 5 years ago

Essentially, there is no back button support for searches. If you complete a search, click a result, and then click the back button, it re-runs the search result. This has several negative consequences:

  1. We (server) have to execute a search again.
  2. You (user) have to wait for the search to complete again.
  3. We fill up the search history with duplicates.
wendylow1 commented 5 years ago

From the Search History screen, we can educate users that the proper way to return to the Main Search screen is to click on 'Prior Art Archive' and not to use the Back button. This will prevent unintentionally initiating the same search again.