Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search

Re:Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search by bbotond on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @01:05PM (#14858023)

I hated the "instantness" of Instant Search but loved the keyboard shortcuts which seem to have disappeared. I used TAB and the arrow keys to select a search result and Ctrl+Enter to open the result in a new tab.

It is very, very sad that it is no longer possible to use those.

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Re:Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search by alexman on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @04:51PM (#14860225)

Yes to me it is insane that Google doesn't provide native keyboard shortcuts (at least make it an option) for the search results page. It is available on Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, etc. Why not Google search??

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Re:Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search by bdamm on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @01:12PM (#14858089)

Download and use vimium. "<esc> f" pops up a tool-tip next to every link visible, with a one or two character sequence to open that link.

It is awesome. I love it. Speed boost.

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Re:Google Has Dropped Google Instant Search by craigc on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @01:28PM (#14858217)

If you use Chrome, I recommend https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jk-shortcuts-navig...

You can press j to scan forward one result and k to scan backwards and enter or command enter to jump to a result

It works on a bunch of other sites too like hacker news and reddit!

I am NOT the author

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