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I have two problems with it 1) It makes search slower on my slow netbook (all these DOM operations aren't free, you know). So while I type some long phrase, Go

I have two problems with it 1) It makes search slower on my slow netbook (all these DOM operations aren't free, you know). So while I type some long phrase, Google does all these meaningless searches (that I don't even look at), and slows down the browser tremendously. (I use Chrome on the netbook). 2) I cannot turn it off. I tried. I went to "Search settings", selected "Do not use Google Instant", saved the settings. It's still on. When I go to settings again, "Use Google Instant" is still checked.

cwho 16y ago
which browser are you using?
_delirium 16y ago
> meaningless searches (that I don't even look at) One of my complaints is that I do look at those searches, which derail me. Those results, along with some of the completions, are often related and interesting, but not actually what I was looking for, so I go off on a distraction quest with "oh, that's interesting", before I finish actually searching for what I had intended to search for. Possibly a personal failing, but I definitely so far feel like Google Instant is adding one more distraction to an already-distracting internet. It sometimes feels like a Google Instant version of the six degrees of Wikipedia game: which topics completely unrelated to what I'm supposed to be doing can I reach via one- to three-word prefixes of search phrases I'm legitimately looking for as part of something productive?
kd0amg 16y ago
I'll add mine: 3) I can no longer use command-enter to put the new search results in a new tab. 4) Sometimes it lets my type out a modification to my search but then reverts back to the old one. 5) Closing the tab/window search results still trips the alert for unsent form data. So far, the only way I've found is to turn it off is to disable javascript when searching.
RossM 16y ago
I've been thinking about #1 a lot - for the most part not many people need to know what comes up and it is distracting. If I were to make my own implementation I thought about adding a 0.5-1 second delay after key-up before fetching results but it obviously wouldn't be "instant". In my opinion the behaviour of "Turn instant off" should be that the instant UI is still the same, but results aren't fetched until the user presses Enter, and have a third option for the old functionality.

cwho 16y ago

which browser are you using?

_delirium 16y ago

> meaningless searches (that I don't even look at) One of my complaints is that I do look at those searches, which derail me. Those results, along with some of the completions, are often related and interesting, but not actually what I was looking for, so I go off on a distraction quest with "oh, that's interesting", before I finish actually searching for what I had intended to search for. Possibly a personal failing, but I definitely so far feel like Google Instant is adding one more distraction to an already-distracting internet. It sometimes feels like a Google Instant version of the six degrees of Wikipedia game: which topics completely unrelated to what I'm supposed to be doing can I reach via one- to three-word prefixes of search phrases I'm legitimately looking for as part of something productive?

kd0amg 16y ago

I'll add mine: 3) I can no longer use command-enter to put the new search results in a new tab. 4) Sometimes it lets my type out a modification to my search but then reverts back to the old one. 5) Closing the tab/window search results still trips the alert for unsent form data. So far, the only way I've found is to turn it off is to disable javascript when searching.

RossM 16y ago

I've been thinking about #1 a lot - for the most part not many people need to know what comes up and it is distracting. If I were to make my own implementation I thought about adding a 0.5-1 second delay after key-up before fetching results but it obviously wouldn't be "instant". In my opinion the behaviour of "Turn instant off" should be that the instant UI is still the same, but results aren't fetched until the user presses Enter, and have a third option for the old functionality.