A lot of sites that produce search results will set an expiration time for
the results page with the result that you cannot refresh or go back to that
page later. A practice that I use is to open a link from a search results
page in a new window. That saves the results page in the previous window
and when I am finished viewing the results link, I just close it and use the
results still active in the previous window.
I also use this technique prior to saving a link in my Favorites. Some
pages, especially with Frames, keep the original link in the address box
even when going from page to page. But opening such a link in a new window
will let you save it in your Favorites.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: Winship [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 8:18 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: searching LISTSERV archives
A subscriber sent me this: >>>
I'm searching autocat through the web interface and I'm having some
navigational problems. I enter my search string (edition, reprint) and get
my results. I click on a thread, read the thread, but then I want to go
back to my result list without having to re-enter my search. Is there a
way to do this? I hit the back button on my browser, but this doesn't seem
to work. Is there a navigational button that I'm missing? <<<
I don't normally search via the web, I use email. When I do search via
the web, only to try to replicate someone's problem, I use keyboard (don't
have a mouse) and the lynx browser. By using my left arrow key I can go
back through the postings, in the same order I read them, until I get to
the search result "index," but I don't see anything to take one directly
back to that index. Is there one, or is there some trick?
The archives are at Buffalo, 1.8e, *without* the Dec. 2002 level set
(I don't think Jim ever installed the level set). I have never modified
the archive web presence, and don't think Jim (LISTSERV host site
administrator) has either, but haven't asked. Suggestions?
Douglas Winship [log in to unmask]
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