Brett Tabke posted a thread at WebmasterWorld that Google is no longer showing him the quick method of turning off Google Instant.
He said:
Personally, I see the instant off link, as do some others. Currently you will see the ability to turn off Google Instant on a desktop search on the search results page as in the image below. Or on a mobile search on the Google home page.
Are you missing this feature or is this just a limited test Brett Tabke is part of?
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
Update: Turns out this was a bug with Brett’s browser. Good thing I used question marks in my titles.