I'm confused about all the hype behind Instant. All it does it start loading the pages without hitting enter.
I find it a waste. I think it is a distraction of pages loading while you are typing your search.
I'm going to stick to the classic "enter" way.
[QUOTE It's good, but I still prefer traditional search. I'd like it to find my complete thought. Otherwise, it's like the Bing commercials where someone says a word and it keeps finding things you don't want.[/QUOTE]
+1.
I hate it. I will type and search the way I want to. There are thousands of post on Google forum complaining that they can't turn if off. Google spoke person posted that instant can't be turned off. I have tried there option of turning it off when I was signed in and signed off. I can't turn it off. Note. When I went there I noticed; after the post you have a yes or no, was this post helpful is turned off. I couldn't make them work.
I think it's ok, but from my testing it only works with "www.google.com" not .co.uk
I can use the classic search using google.co.uk not sure about other languages.
If not then https://www.google.com or https://encrypted.google.com - neither of those 2 seem to be using instant, but you'll lose the google images and other stuff on the top bar
I get the same thing when using the two sites you posted but thank you for trying DarkEnergy
So Google instant works with https for you?
I don't see why it's not working on https on mine as it's a .com site not country specific, unless it goes by your ip? I'd like to be able to use instant on https as that's what I use.
If I type google.com it switches to .co.uk, and I can't use instant. The only way I can ever get instant to work is to use google.com/ncr which forces to google.com.
Tried both Firefox and Chrome - strange that I'm getting different results to you.
Maybe it's where it's a new feature and it's not fully stable yet.
I don't see why it's something to hate, it's what I always wanted as I always use short search terms to get the results I want faster. I can almost guarantee everyone who hates it will end up loving it after a while when you get used to it. The only thing I'm not liking is the very slight delay when the search results pop up, it feels a bit laggy but they will probably up the speed soon no doubt
I don't dislike it but I don't think it particularly useful. Rather amused that it doesn't appear at all in Google Chrome Dev build. I looked it up and was advised to clear my cache. Did that, still no Instant:)
I agree with you 100%. I also just started to think about how it would effect people who still have slow computers.
Doesn't work for me at all in Firefox, and going to keep it that way. Probably has something to do with the OptimizeGoogle extension I have, and that I have most of everything Google blocked with it.
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