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Use filters across devices

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If I save filters for the question list, I can use them at a later date, which is very useful. However, they are only available on the device I saved them on.

It would be useful to have the saved filters available on any device where I am signed in. For example, I could then save a filter on my desktop and later use it on my mobile phone.

Reclassified as a bug

I have edited to retag this as a bug rather than a feature request, due to new information in this answer, which also provides a workaround until this is fixed.

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posted over 1 year ago
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Browser vs. Database (4 comments)
Browser vs. Database
manassehkatz‭ wrote over 1 year ago
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This gets to a fundamental question of cacheing settings in the browser (advantage: no database structure (one-time pain to set up) or storage (practically speaking, 0 cost in money but can have an effect in time to load)) vs. database (advantage: moves automatically to any device you have logged in to). I'm a database guy, so that's what I would do...

trichoplax‭ wrote over 1 year ago
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I also prefer the database approach. Also allows use on a shared computer by several people signing in at different times.

manassehkatz‭ wrote over 1 year ago
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"several people signing in at different times". Depends. If they are using, for example, separate Windows User accounts then they will normally have their own browser profiles (cookies, bookmarks, settings, etc.) and browser-based storage would work fine. If you mean "all one local computer user but separately signing in to a web-based system such as Codidact" then only a database will work as expected because they would share cookies/etc.

trichoplax‭ wrote over 1 year ago
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Turns out this is already saved server side, just is not reliably being picked up by other devices, so I've reclassified as a bug.