Re: queries

Marc Andreessen (marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Mon, 1 Feb 93 22:10:03 -0800


Anthony Baxter writes:
> In message <9302020520.AA05945@wintermute.ncsa.uiuc.edu>you write:
> > So I enter a searchable document, and my browser lets me make a query,
> > resulting in URL, say, 'foo?keyword'.
> >
> > The resulting document is also searchable. So I make another query.
> >
> > Should the resulting URL be 'foo?keyword?anotherkeyword' or
> > 'foo?anotherkeyword' ... ???
>
> Surely it depends whether the second search is 'refining' the first
> one, or is another search on the original document? If it is
> continuing the first search, then it shouldnt be foo?anotherkeyword,
> as this will mean the first search will be ignored.

Well, I agree, but how does my poor li'l browser tell the difference?

Marc