Defenestration Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I always like my search results to be shown as posts, but IPB always defaults to showing them as topics. Please can you allow all search options to be saved (it would be nice if this was done with AJAX). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Timmy Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Why does everything need AJAX all of a sudden? It's not the solution to everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defenestration Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Everything doesn't need AJAX, but where appropriate it should be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KX Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 .Timmy the main part of his request was that IPB would remember your search preferences. He only stated that it would be nice if it used ajax but I'm assuming he doesn't *want* it to use ajax.I thought that IPB did remember your search preferences but I guess not so I stand with Defenestration.+1 for IPB to remember search preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 What would the use of AJAX accomplish here? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KX Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Bfarber read my previous post, he said it would be nice to use Ajax (most likely because he's an Ajax fan boy) but who needs Ajax...What we are basically requesting here is that IPB remembers your search preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 No, I realize that, I just didn't get HOW AJAX could be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KX Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Nor did I. Just people think AJAX can be used for anything and want it to be used for everything. You know what people are like these days...*sigh*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defenestration Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I'd like to think I'm no fan-boy of any product :lol:It all comes down to where the prefs are stored. If they are stored in cookies, then there is no need for AJAX. If they are stored on the server (which is what I had in mind), then would I be right in thinking that AJAX is appropriate for this task ?I'm no expert when it comes to web development, but noticed that vB uses AJAX to save search prefs, so I assumed it must have a purpose. :)As I understand it, AJAX is used if you want to interact with a web server changing small amounts of data without having to reload the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Barrie Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I'd like to think I'm no fan-boy of any product :lol: It all comes down to where the prefs are stored. If they are stored in cookies, then there is no need for AJAX. If they are stored on the server (which is what I had in mind), then would I be right in thinking that AJAX is appropriate for this task ?I'm no expert when it comes to web development, but noticed that vB uses AJAX to save search prefs, so I assumed it must have a purpose. :) As I understand it, AJAX is used if you want to interact with a web server changing small amounts of data without having to reload the page.There are some cases where the overhead of XMLHTTP coding just isn't worth the benefits. This is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ryan Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Yeah he's right. What would ajax accomplish here. Its not the solution to everything, but its nice everynow and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KX Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Ok can we just forget about the damn ajax and get back to the topic at hand? IPB remembering your search preferences..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Barrie Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Ok can we just forget about the damn ajax and get back to the topic at hand? IPB remembering your search preferences.....This I also support. Probably in a cookie though, so we don't end up with Yet More Database Fields and the like. Simple, and functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KX Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 A cookie would be perfect. The only problem IPB will face when writing the code for something like this is wether to use double or tripe chocolate chip cookies. (Sorry I just had to.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defenestration Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I would like them to be stored on the server so that they are remembered even if my cookies are deleted.Out of all the improvements that could be implemented for the next release of IPB (after 2.2), the ability to remember search prefs along with an improved search (mentioned here: http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=228751 ) are the features (and core ones at that, for a forum) missing most from IPB. Why ?Well, whenever you visit a forum for the first time existing members will often ask people to use the search feature before asking questions to see if it has already been answered before. For people to do this, you have to make the search feature as easy to use and convenient as possible and the improvements I've suggested go a long way to achieving this.Please, almighty IPB staff, can you make these search improvements to the next version ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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