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>Stuff like filtering search results is very easily accomplished by a MPA with query parameters to a results page.
But the "MPA to another results page" causing an HTML reload with a flickering blank screen is a jarring UI experience.
The issue isn't what's "easy" to implement. Instead, users prefer a fluid and responsive UI. An example of a website that has superfast filters in SPA style instead of "MPA results page" is McMaster-Carr: https://www.mcmaster.com/
On that website, when the user changes the categories or filters, the results of items instantly change without the jarring disruption and delay of a new page being loaded.
There were several previous HN threads about it. Based on the near-universal praise in the comments of those threads, I don't think converting McMaster architecture to your suggested "MPA search results" would be considered an improvement. :
+ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32976978 : Mcmaster.com is the best e-commerce site I've ever used (bedelstein.com) 1402 points by runxel on Sept 25, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 494 comments
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