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Agree 100%. The search function needs some care and attention. @PhilDAS also had some good points about how searching interacts with the back button. I'll try to do it all at the same time.
cyclotron3k
@mashton
An observation:
The Search function UX seems to have two too many touch presses in it:
1) From the home screen I press the search button.
2) Then I have to press in the search term input box to give it focus.
3) Once I've finished typing my search term I hit the tick button on the keyboard.
4) Now I have to press search to actually initiate the search.
Number 2 of those could certainly be got rid of with an auto focus. I don't know if you can combine 3 and 4, it probably depends on the text entry method being used by the user, so maybe not.
My ideal flow would be: hit search on home page; type a teem; press tick; see results list.
After that first search the user could then filter with further options and refinements etc, but the main use case would be streamlined.