Google Instant
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:57 pm
Does anyone here use this? As far as I can see, it's one of the most annoying pices of shit ever invented. I'm surprised they haven't ditched it.
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I use it. It takes some getting used to before you can harness its full capabilities, which you probably won't like, seeing as you're still stuck on Internet Explorer.Gavin Chipper wrote:Does anyone here use this? As far as I can see, it's one of the most annoying pices of shit ever invented. I'm surprised they haven't ditched it.
Couldn't agree more. That's the full reason I use IE - you can turn the stupid thing off (There's a little button under 'search'). Type 'how do you turn instant off' (or something to that effect) into any search engine and it comes up with loads of bullsh*t about how amazing it is and stuff but it dosen't tell you how the f*ck you turn it off.Gavin Chipper wrote:Does anyone here use this? As far as I can see, it's one of the most annoying pices of shit ever invented. I'm surprised they haven't ditched it.
You can turn it off very simply on all browsers.Thomas Carey wrote:Couldn't agree more. That's the full reason I use IE - you can turn the stupid thing off (There's a little button under 'search'). Type 'how do you turn instant off' (or something to that effect) into any search engine and it comes up with loads of bullsh*t about how amazing it is and stuff but it dosen't tell you how the f*ck you turn it off.Gavin Chipper wrote:Does anyone here use this? As far as I can see, it's one of the most annoying pices of shit ever invented. I'm surprised they haven't ditched it.
It's more like trying to order from the most efficient waiter in the world, who after each sound that comes to your mouth, manages to bring a reasonable guess at the dish most people are likely to want to the table whilst at the same time removing the previous dish which he's now established you don't want, all the time not interrupting your order. You can stop speaking and start eating as soon as you like.Phil Reynolds wrote:In the perceptive words of Charlie Brooker, it's "like trying to order from a waiter who keeps finishing your sentences while ramming spoonfuls of what he thinks you want directly into your mouth".
But under "normal" Google, it comes up with suggestions anyway that you can click on at any time. Google Instant loads up a load of crap every time you press a button and it just slows down the process.Jon O'Neill wrote:It's more like trying to order from the most efficient waiter in the world, who after each sound that comes to your mouth, manages to bring a reasonable guess at the dish most people are likely to want to the table whilst at the same time removing the previous dish which he's now established you don't want, all the time not interrupting your order. You can stop speaking and start eating as soon as you like.Phil Reynolds wrote:In the perceptive words of Charlie Brooker, it's "like trying to order from a waiter who keeps finishing your sentences while ramming spoonfuls of what he thinks you want directly into your mouth".
It doesn't slow down the process at all.. You haven't looked at what happens. You're just dismissing it out of hand and not considering what the benefits might be.Gavin Chipper wrote:But under "normal" Google, it comes up with suggestions anyway that you can click on at any time. Google Instant loads up a load of crap every time you press a button and it just slows down the process.Jon O'Neill wrote:It's more like trying to order from the most efficient waiter in the world, who after each sound that comes to your mouth, manages to bring a reasonable guess at the dish most people are likely to want to the table whilst at the same time removing the previous dish which he's now established you don't want, all the time not interrupting your order. You can stop speaking and start eating as soon as you like.Phil Reynolds wrote:In the perceptive words of Charlie Brooker, it's "like trying to order from a waiter who keeps finishing your sentences while ramming spoonfuls of what he thinks you want directly into your mouth".
How?Jon O'Neill wrote:You can turn it off very simply on all browsers.Thomas Carey wrote:Couldn't agree more. That's the full reason I use IE - you can turn the stupid thing off (There's a little button under 'search'). Type 'how do you turn instant off' (or something to that effect) into any search engine and it comes up with loads of bullsh*t about how amazing it is and stuff but it dosen't tell you how the f*ck you turn it off.Gavin Chipper wrote:Does anyone here use this? As far as I can see, it's one of the most annoying pices of shit ever invented. I'm surprised they haven't ditched it.
If you want to change a search setting, such as Google Instant, click the options button, then click search settings. Then change the search setting you want to change. Then slick save.Thomas Carey wrote:How?Jon O'Neill wrote:You can turn it off very simply on all browsers.Thomas Carey wrote:Couldn't agree more. That's the full reason I use IE - you can turn the stupid thing off (There's a little button under 'search'). Type 'how do you turn instant off' (or something to that effect) into any search engine and it comes up with loads of bullsh*t about how amazing it is and stuff but it dosen't tell you how the f*ck you turn it off.
Please tell me you're taking the piss or on a wind up or something. How is it annoying? You don't have to look at the things popping up if you don't want to. And seriously Thomas? I searched for "google instant" and there was an FAQ section on the very first page it gave me which tells you how you can turn it off. But again, why would you want to?Gavin Chipper wrote:Does anyone here use this? As far as I can see, it's one of the most annoying pices of shit ever invented. I'm surprised they haven't ditched it.
A couple of things. I think they have improved it. When I first dismissed it, it definitely interfered with what you were typing to the extent that what you typed didn't always end up in the typing box. That doesn't seem to happen now.Jon O'Neill wrote:So just to correct your factual mistake: unless you type a letter every two seconds, it doesn't "load up a load of crap every time you press a button". It doesn't slow down the process. At no point is your text entry slowed down. It just does what it did before only without the click.
Now the genius of it. When you type something and it suggest results, you can simply press the down arrow to scroll through the results for each of its suggestions; this is great for trying to find out specific facts because you can do an array of googles that people have done before without having to ever navigate backwards.
This is the future of the Internet.
No?
This still happens for you? The main thing was not the suggestions but loading up a whole new page of results every time you press a button.
Oh right, I equated instant as the suggestions rather than the gubbins below.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 3:10 pmThis still happens for you? The main thing was not the suggestions but loading up a whole new page of results every time you press a button.
But while we're at it, the suggestions are often awful. Often you'll type in a name and it will only come up with something after it. E.g. you start typing Damon Hill and it suggests stuff like "Damon Hill Sky F1" without the name on its own so you have to type the whole thing anyway.
Edit - They got rid. Obviously they wouldn't admit that it was because it was a pain in the arse but I think we all know.