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I was trying to make the best of what I could with the bad example they provided...
But as they already responded you, before Ajax was a thing term searches were done via forms. I still state that it has it's uses, but let's not pretend like the universe was born with javascript.
But if the best of what you can do with it doesn't make sense, then why do it? It's not like it's helping, just distracting from the parts that DO work.
And kind of the same thing again: The universe wasn't born with forms, either.
When we did a project for a redesign of our web app at work, when I showed stuff to the UXer he said "I see this is designed by a programmer. Because a programmer says: But it works."
And indeed, that is how all of the comments I read here feel; that things like a denounced search are just irrelevant toys, instead of a solid part of the toolkit of a professional modern developer.