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Google Instant Announced

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-faster-than-before-then-right dept.

GCPSoft writes with this quote from a Google announcement: "Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page. This means that you can scan a results page while you type."

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  1. It's Easy! ...to disable! by decipher_saint · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just go to the Google homepage, wait five years for the fade in, click "Settings" -> "Search Settings"

    Find the setting for "Google Instant" (hint, bottom of preferences list), select "Do not use Google Instant" and press Save.

    Now if there was some easy way to disable the horrible, over-scripted image result page layout I'd be a happy camper!

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    1. Re:It's Easy! ...to disable! by TyFoN · · Score: 4, Informative

      Somehow you missed the "Instant is on" drop down right next to the text entry field (to the right).

  2. Re:Wasteful requests. by falsified · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seriously? It's one of the first questions answered in the FAQ.

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  3. Re:Censored by Affenkopf · · Score: 3, Informative

    # The search term violates our autocomplete policies. We aim to provide you with relevant search queries, but we exclude a narrow class of search queries related to pornography, violence, and hate speech.

    Useless feature without porn.

  4. Re:Yeah it's crap. by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 5, Informative

    Repeat that while logged in, so I can damage your karma the same way you damaged mine.

    Do you mean by making you look like an idiot so people modded you down? Or are you presuming they moderated your post?

    And there's no way to turn-off the annoying "popup" images that Google now uses during Image searches.

    At the bottom of the image search page is a link "Switch to basic version". You're on Slashdot, figure it out from there.

  5. Re:You know what would make it instant? by Albanach · · Score: 3, Informative

    But you can search before the fade in. The cursor is already in the box. Just type and hit enter.

    The whole point of the fade in is to make sure there's no garbage coming between you and Google's main objective, search.

  6. The other nice feature is hidden by sconeu · · Score: 3, Informative

    in the panel on the left.

    Select "more search tools" and then select "Fewer shopping sites"

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  7. Re:You know what would make it instant? by tverbeek · · Score: 3, Informative

    The C64 didn't use an acoustically-coupled modem; it used a 300baud handset replacement that plugged into a port on the computer and connected directly to the base of a desk or wall phone.</pedant>

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