John Pye wrote:
Hi Pascal
Pascal Bleser wrote:
A bit of an issue with the search pages on http://build.opensuse.org is that they use the HTTP 'POST' method for the search query. This means than when using the 'back' button to return the list of search results, Firefox asks me if I want to re-post the query again, or cancel the request. The preferred approach is to use HTTP GET as it allows the browser to cache results, and makes web usability much better. John, seems you can also do HTTP GET (it hides in "Permanent link to
John Pye wrote: this result"): http://software.opensuse.org/search?p=1&q=amarok&baseproject=openSUSE%3A10.3
My comment actually referred to the Build Service search, which I believe may be separate to the 'software.opensuse.org' search. But in any case, the problem seems to have been fixed in the new layout. The page https://build.opensuse.org/search uses method="GET" instead of "POST".
But I note that there no longer is a search box on every page. I would personally like to see the search box brought back: there's plenty of room for it in the right-side of the page header, and it's a really useful feature, and it saves clicks.
The search form was removed mainly because it caused problems when one tried to search when he wasn't logged in. POST parameters aren't preserved during the ichain login process, so the search always produced errors in this case. This is solved by switching to GET for the search forms (thanks for the hint by the way), now the parameters are part of the URL and are stored during logging in, so we can bring back the search form. Andreas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+help@opensuse.org