The rationale is that it makes searches faster, but turn it off if you don't like it. http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en http://www.google.com/preferences

The rationale is that it makes searches faster, but turn it off if you don't like it. http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en and search for "Google Instant". I haven't quite made up my mind yet. I don't mind it, but then again most of my searches come from the Chrome address bar.