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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!

    --
    crazy dynamite monkey
    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: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.