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Re: Oct. 4

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Post by JosephRedfern »

Looking at the source, there are two arrays of image filenames specified between script tags on that page. One is "IMAGES", which is referenced by the JS elsewhere, and specifies overlayed over the rectangle.

The other, called EXTRAS, defined but not referenced elsewhere. It contains two entries, pointing at these images: https://madeby.google.com/static/images/tenfour/extras/002.j... and https://madeby.google.com/static/images/tenfour/extras/001.j....

EDIT: oh, turns out this chap found it a while ago: https://twitter.com/hallstephenj/status/778033737040666624

Re: Oct. 4

#4

Post by TwoFx »

reustle wrote: post #2

Whatever it is, judging by the source code, it seems to be called "TenFour". This redirects, too http://google.com/tenfour

10/4 is the day of the announcement

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by OJFord »

reustle wrote: post #2

Whatever it is, judging by the source code, it seems to be called "TenFour". This redirects, too http://google.com/tenfour

My first though was "that's just 4 October; I expect all URIs redirect".

But they don't all redirect, so that is interesting (and presumably why that date).

EDIT: `/tenfour` doesn't redirect either..?

Though, to be fair, the `IMAGES` array has everything stored under 'tenfour' directory, still, I imagine it's just a code name for the project, given the release/announce date.

Re: Oct. 4

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Post by JohnTHaller »

The new phones, the Pixel and Pixel XL are rumored to start at $649 for the smaller phone in the smallest memory configuration of 32gb. If true, this would mean the old Nexus line is well and truly dead and Google is taking the Apple approach to pricing. The Pixel brand is supposed to be premium at a premium price but currently has one product that fills that niche (the Pixel Chromebook) and one that doesn't (the failed Pixel C tablet that was repurposed from an abandoned Chrome OS branch to Android and launched barely functional).

Re: Oct. 4

#8

Post by slazaro »

reustle wrote: post #2

Whatever it is, judging by the source code, it seems to be called "TenFour". This redirects, too http://google.com/tenfour

Interesting that they used both 10/4 and 4/10 for the URL... They care about internationalization!

Re: Oct. 4

#9

Post by sakri »

JosephRedfern wrote: post #3

Looking at the source, there are two arrays of image filenames specified between script tags on that page. One is "IMAGES", which is referenced by the JS elsewhere, and specifies overlayed over the rectangle. The other, called EXTRAS, defined but not referenced elsewhere. It contains two entries, pointing at these images: https://madeby.google.com/static/images/tenfour/extras/002.j... and https://madeby.google.com/st…

The phone on the ground looks like it's got rounded edges like Samsung.
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