It did work very well for me, at least for a typical search. Ctrl+T, <type search in already focused textbox>, Enter, Down arrow a few times, Enter. There is a

It did work very well for me, at least for a typical search. Ctrl+T, <type search in already focused textbox>, Enter, Down arrow a few times, Enter. There is a lot of value to me in this, the user, but actually negative to google: you can't really justify inserting ads into keyboard navigation, can you.