Hi
I agree with you that info can be lacking but that is why we as a community need to be more proactive in helping each other out....
my ideas on answers
1 dont know
2 Use a different search form (I have a list view and use alternate search types depending on user)
3 Qty of results
4 show results starting from ‘n’
5 minimal markup
6 loads more results (I suppose)
7 The mysterious fragment as resource... no-one knows :)
8 Show number of pages
9 I think that would be the page the results are shown on after submitting searxh form... just guessing there