User blog comment:Dopp/Updates to How We Search/@comment-1280533-20120426230905/@comment-4674838-20120426233029

The thing is, not everybody uses buttons though. Speaking for myself, I always press enter to search. I don't want to have to lift my fingers off the keyboard until the new page is loading, as that short downtime is a great opportunity to move hand from keyboard to mouse. So, the buttons thing is a great compromise if you're going to actually use them. But I think a choice in Special:Preferences about whether the search goes to search results or the actual page (if it exists) would be best.