Google Instant -has anyone successfully disabled it?

chambone01 wrote:
With you all the way, Mrs H. Somehow it hasn't occurred to them that a category of people exists that want their browser *NOT TO* do the auto-filling, instead of google. Besides that, I think it's pretty inefficient to have servers start searching for something before it is known what that something actually is.

Anyway, I got this link from someone at google's forums

http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0

Seems to work for now.

I added in caps a NOT TO in your reply - I trust that's what you meant?

This is wonderful.
No more autosuggestions with Google allowed in NoScript.

I still get autosuggestions in Google images, _do you know of a workaround for that?_


I'm going to make this new addy our homepage on all our Macs.

Thank you so much. I tried to find such a solution on Google forums, but couldn't and gave up.
I hate to hear you say "for now" - I want it to be forever!!

Mrs H

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chambone01 wrote:
This seems to work 🙂

http://www.google.com/imghp?complete=0

Brillant! Thank you!
We now get the new (as of a few weeks ago) images format to work "properly" showing bazillions of images per page but without that confounded drop down which never seems to know what we actually are entering.

_Have you found a similar solution for maps - and then I'll leave you alone_ ? 🙂

And nope, didn't mean 'not to'. What I personally want is that my browser autofills text boxes using words and phrases that I entered previously, giving me a slide-down window with matching entries.

Ahh. Different strokes... Now I see what you're after - can you get what you are after with this solution?

Anyhow, google just needs to drop the attitude, and give us the option to turn it off.

Yes. I read the Google forum yesterday, and found the solution you gave me previously. There were a lot of angry - very angry - replies out there. I agree Google is trying to make too many decisions for us. I was interested to read folks say that by using the addy you initially gave me Google can track the number of folks who have chosen that route presumable because they don't want the autosuggestions to appear. Perhaps they'll get the message, but I doubt if they'll act on it.

I have just been using Firefox with NoScript and "forbidding", aka disabling, javascript for Google. I was proud that I figured that out for myself and then read about it on the Forum. It didn't work as a solution for Mr H though since he needs all those Google images and I hope the addy you've given us will do the trick.

Thanks again!
Mrs H

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Hi Klaus,
I figured we'd hear from you again.

I've tried dogpile, alta vista, bing, and yahoo.
Google images, I'm afraid I have to admit, are the best for the work we have to do.
For regular searches, we've now got a good workaround with the suggestion of chambone01.

btw - don't you have an anniversary coming up soon? Happy Day! And I think I missed a Lily b'day in here somewhere... 😉
Vacationing in Denmark? lucky you! Thanks for showing up here, while there.

Mrs H

Klaus1 wrote:
Hi Mrs H!

Wow, you have got a good memory!

Sometimes it can be a plague. 🙂

No vacation in Denmark this year - you misread my profile!

Good memory, but apparently poor reading skills.
Seems to me the Denmark info wasn't always under your name - the "new" info tricked me.

Mrs H