How do I disable Google Instant Previews?

Question

Is there an official way to disable the Google Instant Previews feature?

Answer 1

There isn't a way to permanently disable the feature at present but for now it isn't working in encrypted Google (https://www.google.com) so can be avoided.

Answer 2

http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2010/11/16/how-to-disable-instant-previews-in-google-search/

Firefox:

1. Download Greasemonkey, install and restart browser
2. Snag the necessary script from here
3. Install the script then do a Google search
4. Click the Disable Instant Previews link in the top right

Chrome:

No need to install Greasemonkey as Chrome supports scripts natively

1. Grab the same script as the Firefox users from here
2. Click “Continue” when you see the security warning
3. Do a Google search, then Disable Instant Previews with the top right link

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

FF users don’t need any add-ons or scripts to disable this.

Nor do they need to change their homepage.

In FF you can disable instant search and instant previews by modifying the about:config file.

Instructions here-

http://www.ehow.com/how_7190054_disable-instant-search-permanently-firefox.html

Simple and it worked for me with no (as yet) apparent problems.

Thanks, E-How!