Is there an ideal number of story codes to include?

[DarkPoet]

I get all that stuff entered in and hit search and it does do a good job of pulling up a list of stories. The problem is, it won't let you click on a story and just scan it and then go back to the list. I often decide I don't want to read a story after the first 2-3 paragraphs but when I hit the back button the prior page ususally won't load (has timed out). So I have to go thru that entire advanced search thing again.

If you're using a reasonably curent browser version, you can always open the stories in a new tab (either via rightclicking and selecting 'open in a new tab' or by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on the link). It's already become second nature to me to browse through search results, open all interesting sounding links in their own tabs and then scan all the tabs whether I want to read those pages (and maybe bookmark longer ones to have a look at a later time).