JULY 21 2012 Disable Google Instant Tool for Firefox (1.0 t0 14.0)

Tool now available for free download on link below:

http://www.xuzo.com/disable_google_instant.rar

All feedback on tool functionality and compatibility welcome:  email me at xuzo (at) xuzo.com or comment on this blog with “Tool testing” in post title.

 

 How to turn off Google instant and auto complete solution that works

There have been posts about this since 2010…Google is not listening and a lot of users are going back to Bing and other search engines. So here is a solution that works in 2012 because so many people simply love to hate Google instant! I wonder why such a large company can keep adding such intrusive widgets while they claim to want to increase “user experience”…this seems to be the case of most mega giants like Paypal, Ebay and MSN. They always change things for improvements but they really just become annoyances.  But this trend is not unique,  I’ve noticed that other websites are also getting into that autofill technology, trying to type things for you before you think…I find this trend very annoying and hope it won’t keep gaining popularity with web developers (not users!)…in my opinion they have been going backwards over the years making things more and more complicated for nothing. Try this solution and see if it works for you, if not please post a comment so I can know how effective this method is over a multitude of configurations, operating systems and browsers.

This short vid shows you how to turn it off in Firefox

In Firefox any version (correct me if it doesn’t work in other versions and I’ll correct this post), but this should work for FireFox 3.o and up:

Select: Tools >> Options >> make sure you are on the general tab, go to the Home Page field >> Enter:

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

You can change the .com to whatever suits you, you country extention like google.ca or google.co.uk

In Internet Explorer:

Select: Tools >> Internet options >>Make sure you are on the homepage tab, enter:

https://www.google.ca/webhp?complete=0

in the text field

You can change the .com to whatever suits you, you country extension like google.ca or

In Safari:

Select Preferences >> Make sure you are on the general tab

In the Home Page field enter:

https://www.google.ca/webhp?complete=0

You can change the .com to whatever suits you, you country extension like google.ca or

In Google Chrome and ironically this is the hardest one to change…

Click on the wrench icon on the far top right
Go to options
Hook “Open The Homepage” on the On Startup section/tab
Hook “Open This Page” on the Home page section/tab
In the text field put this:

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

You can change the .com to whatever suits you, you country extension like google.ca or google.co.uk

Added Bonus: Will Stop Google IP Country Redirect High-Jack

Read more on stopping Google country specific IP redirects

Seems like my solutions is not working for most people,  so I developed a free tool to dissable Google instant in one click.  If you want that tool for absolutely free, please post and leave your contact info or email me at xuzo (at) xuzo.com – send message.  I have the tool ready for Firefox 2.0 to 14.0,  the Chrome and IE and Safari tools are also next.