Could it be that you need to "delete history"? Don't know if that would solve your problem, but it may. > > > > > Hi all > > > > A peculiar one that I can't seem to resolve > > > > For the last few days I have been lumbered with googles predictive text type searches > > > > Where you start to type and it "predicts" what the site is you are looking for, it really drives > > me > > round the bend > > > > I have looked at settings and have google instant turned off, yet it does it anyway > > > > I have turned it on , saved settings, then turned it off and saved again yet no effect > > > > Anyone have a clue what it might be ? > > > > I use Firefox and XP > > > > Any help appreciated before I bin google and use Bing instead > > > > On googling this appears to be a long term problem for some, this has only just become an issue > > for me in the last week > > > > I suspect it coincided with upgrading to the latest Firefox as Ancestry have now added a usable > > enhanced viewer > > > > I have checked googles forums but all they seem to do is vent their anger on google but google > > does not respond or fix the problem > > > > Any thoughts ? > > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi and thanks for your input But no its not history thats the problem, its google wanting to foist *their* search suggestions on to me It predicts from the letters you type what you are looking for and suggests the first ten ranked suggestions It drives me round the bend as it does many others if googling the problem is anything to go by So far I am no further forward About the only thing I can think of to try is go back to Firefox 3 but don't really want to go backwards Thank you though Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Could it be that you need to "delete history"? > Don't know if that would solve your problem, but it may.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] turning off predictive search in google > Hi and thanks for your input > > But no its not history thats the problem, its google wanting to > foist *their* search suggestions on to me SIMPLE solution. DON'T use Google. Try www.dogpile.com

Hi Bud Crikey that takes me back, I was using dogpile ten years ago I am surprised its still going Now I just tried a quick test on dogpile and unfortunately it also has predictive search :-( Checking the preferences it does not appear to have an option to turn it off But thanks for the prompt Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > SIMPLE solution. > > DON'T use Google. > > Try www.dogpile.com