[anonymoushn]

I was pleased to learn Verbatim Search no longer requires you to spend several clicks per query to use it, but sad that you cannot set it as a permanent preference.

[johansch]

A minimized form of a search query with verbatim enabled:

http://www.google.com/search?tbs=li:1&q=britney+speers

Edit the search engine definition string in your browser to something like that...