Google has been my search engine of choice for a very long time. But several months ago, when the instant preview emerged its ugly head, I noticed my searches took longer and my typing got distracted by the instant preview. I just didn't like it.
I searched for ways to turn it off. Some site suggested logging in as a user and turn it off. Yup, not interested in logging in every time I wanted to use google. I use it A LOT - that would defeat the purpose!
Another simple way to hit the "INSTANT IS ON" drop down, and change it "INSTANT IS OFF". Yeah, I am NOT lazy, but why do I have to hit it every time I get annoyed with the feature?
GUESS WHAT! I found a way to disable without having to jump through hoops! On your Internet browser options, go to TOOLS, then go to INTERNET OPTIONS.
Select the SECURITY tab.
In the security tab, select RESTRICTED SITES
Select the SITES button.
Add "http://www.google.com" (without the quotes) to the restricted sites and viola! (of course don't forget to hit CLOSE and OK)
Now, if you notice in the image below, INSTANT IS ON, but it really ISN'T! Now I can type a topic and not worry about google trying to spell check for me and suggest me alternate searches that have NO relevance to what I am actually looking for! Hurray for ME!
By the way, even though google is added as the restricted site, it still works perfectly fine, even as a homepage or whatever... enjoy! UPDATE: if you use a google account, you will have to remove the restricted site to log in - but thats OK for me since I don't use it that often...
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