Hi Gerard,

Thanks for your comments. Our affinity for keeping things the way they are is based on the fact that we have received numerous positive responses with the way things are, and relatively few negative responses. Normally, negative remarks will always outweigh positive ones, because it is generally human nature to complain louder than praise.

You're correct that the first rendition is rarely the best, that's why this is the second rendition of the filters. The first one was poor and most people considered it ugly.

A text input for filtering is a good idea, and we'll keep that in mind as we improve the search result interface. It's not slotted as something for 4.2, but it will ultimately be added.

Thanks.