Fix: Pin Gradio version and simplify interactions

app.py

@@ -371,25 +371,14 @@ with gr.Blocks(theme=gr.themes.Base(), css=None, head=HEAD_HTML) as demo:
         # Footer Info
         gr.HTML(FOOTER_INFO_HTML)
 
-    # Interactions: Chained Events
-    # 1. Show Loader immediately
-    # 2. Run Benchmark and show results
-    
+    # Interactions: Simplified (Single Step)
     submit_btn.click(
-        show_loader, 
-        inputs=None, 
-        outputs=[results_area]
-    ).then(
         run_benchmark, 
         inputs=[query_input], 
         outputs=[results_area]
     )
     
     query_input.submit(
-        show_loader, 
-        inputs=None, 
-        outputs=[results_area]
-    ).then(
         run_benchmark, 
         inputs=[query_input], 
         outputs=[results_area]

requirements.txt

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ numpy
 pandas
 tqdm
 einops
-gradio
+gradio==4.44.1