The new method for finding players is better than the method used in lab 7 because of the updated functionality, and increased accessibility for the user. With this method of performing searches, the user gets their results back on the same page, they keep their search query in the form, and you do not have to regenerate a new web page each time you submit the form. The only updating done is to whatever needs to be updated, rather than to the entire page. Additionally, by only using the last name, it is more intuitive as when searching for people, searches are typically done by last name. The change that we made was that we got rid of the submit button, and searches now happen automatically as the user changes the search query. One advantage to this method is that the user gets their results back immediately as opposed to having to click on the search button. One disadvantage is the number of HTML requests that would be made, and the number of requests made to the database that would have to be made.