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Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

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Re: Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

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Post by jarnix »

user5994461 wrote: post #120

Meanwhile at google: A: "We could save hundreds of millions in hardware resources if we disabled instant search." B: "But we might lose money if we don't show as many ads. OH WAIT..." The guy did a search and realized that the suggestion menu overlaps on the top of the page, where the ads are displayed. He then tried to click the ad and he couldn't because the ad results changed the moment he moved his cursor away fr…

I was intrigued that nobody was talking about the revenue effect of the removal of Instant Search. Obviously they did it because of this.

Re: Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

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Post by ralphie02 »

Bartweiss wrote: post #47
pavement wrote: post #36

Wow, finally. This was such a disruptive feature. Completely distracting from the moment you interact with the page. This wasn't a productivity bonus in any way, regardless of purported reading recognition rates and eye tracking/movement measurements. No, computer. You wait until I'm finished. You wait until I tell you I want you to do something. You don't jump at every flinch of my fingers. Not all interactions requ…

Now if only they would stop swapping Images, News, and Shopping link around based on my search. I want a picture of whatever I searched for, that's why I clicked the button next to 'All' like I have a thousand times before - don't reorder your damn links from page to page!

Oh man, thought it was just me. Always hated that 'feature'

Re: Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

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Post by zmix »

x1798DE wrote: post #13

This is awesome news. It was always a pain to set up my search engine to have instant off - and of course instant turns back on if you performed a second search on the results page of the no-instant page. I have never once had my search experience enhanced by this anti-feature, and most of the time it's a hindrance, because I'll start reading the search results, then based on that come up with a new query and start t…

Instant is great for atypical searches: when doing conversions or using Google as a calculator, then instant-search would give the result in the suggestion.

Re: Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

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Post by zmix »

zmix wrote: post #134
x1798DE wrote: post #13

This is awesome news. It was always a pain to set up my search engine to have instant off - and of course instant turns back on if you performed a second search on the results page of the no-instant page. I have never once had my search experience enhanced by this anti-feature, and most of the time it's a hindrance, because I'll start reading the search results, then based on that come up with a new query and start t…

Instant is great for atypical searches: when doing conversions or using Google as a calculator, then instant-search would give the result in the suggestion.

Oops, I should have added, that I never visit the website but use the Omnibar.

Re: Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

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Post by manigandham »

silverbax88 wrote: post #117
swampthinker wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why don't you like it?

I hate the idea of moving elements around the entire window after I've started using them. I don't want to use the address bar as a search bar, but the overall problem is from a UX standpoint - you start typing into a textbox, and it vanishes/moves into the address bar. That's like starting to turn a knob on a door and your hand is suddenly somewhere else, like down near the bottom of the door or near the top. It's i…

This seems to be the "new tab/page" box which every browser does, moving from center of page to address bar.

You can easily switch to a different new page or use the address bar from the beginning.

Re: Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

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Post by x1798DE »

Bromskloss wrote: post #113
x1798DE wrote: post #13

This is awesome news. It was always a pain to set up my search engine to have instant off - and of course instant turns back on if you performed a second search on the results page of the no-instant page. I have never once had my search experience enhanced by this anti-feature, and most of the time it's a hindrance, because I'll start reading the search results, then based on that come up with a new query and start t…

> It was always a pain to set up my search engine to have instant off - and of course instant turns back on if you performed a second search on the results page of the no-instant page. Hmm, is it not just a matter of turning it off? Or are you doing something more advanced than using the standard Google search page?

I guess if you log in, yeah. I keep my browsing highly compartmentalized, so I don't log in to Google for the purpose of searches. I used URL parameters to turn it off, but they don't persist.

Re: Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

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Post by manigandham »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #103
czardoz wrote: post #94

Suddenly, I can no longer navigate between results using Tab -> Arrow Up/Arrow Down. Was this removed as well? :-/

Oh Lord - hijacking the arrow keys, which I use for page-scrolling, is one of the most annoying things ever. Kill it with fire!

It's a list of search results - why scroll when you can directly pick the result?

Re: Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

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Post by Bartweiss »

droidist2 wrote: post #128
Bartweiss wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now if only they would stop swapping Images, News, and Shopping link around based on my search. I want a picture of whatever I searched for, that's why I clicked the button next to 'All' like I have a thousand times before - don't reorder your damn links from page to page!

Oh man, I hate that, especially when it pushes up Maps and relegates Videos to the "More" menu. Google tries to be way too clever for its own good.

Yep, that's the worst. Reordering static-looking buttons is awful, but promoting options in and out of a secondary menu is completely deranged design.
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