history restoration was deemed harmful

search.php

@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ if (!empty($_FORM['pattern'])) {
     // Never allow a comma in the show string, that would confuse our JS
     $_FORM['show'] = str_replace(",", "", $_FORM['show']);
     
-    // Remember the last search settings for a week
-    mirror_setcookie("LAST_SEARCH", "{$_FORM['show']},{$_FORM['pattern']}", 60*60*24*7);
-
     // Mailing list search base URL
     $ml_url = "http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?r=1&w=2&q=b&";
     $ucp = urlencode($_FORM['pattern']);

userprefs.js

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // Default document onload function
 function runOnLoad()
 {
-    // Disabled because of complaints
-    // searchHistory();
     resizeColumnsIE();
 }
 
@@ -48,35 +46,6 @@ function boldEvents()
     }
 }
 
-// Restore the last search as stored in a cookie
-function searchHistory()
-{
-    // Something is already typed in, do not try to overwrite it
-    if (document.forms["topsearch"].pattern.value.length > 0) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // Try to get the lastsearch cookie
-    lastSearch = getCookie("LAST_SEARCH");
-    if (typeof(lastSearch) == "string") {
-        
-        // Get pattern and show information from cookie
-        option  = lastSearch.substr(0, lastSearch.indexOf(","));
-        pattern = lastSearch.substr(lastSearch.indexOf(",") + 1);
-
-        // Set pattern in form
-        document.forms["topsearch"].pattern.value = unescape(pattern.replace(/\+/g," "));
-        
-        // Set the last selected search method in the dropdown
-        for (var i = 0; i < document.forms["topsearch"].show.length; i++) {
-            if (document.forms["topsearch"].show[i].value == option) {
-                document.forms["topsearch"].show[i].selected = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 // This function is a workaround for the IE 3px bug,
 // and therefore is written in IE only JS. If the central
 // column is higher than the left or right sidebar, we need