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Re: The Google Puzzle

#31

Post by igorgue » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 7:51 PM UTC

product50 wrote: post #29

Stuck at 4th puzzle! Please give me a hint. It is so frustrating..

Resize the window to 5 cols and 5 rows?

Re: The Google Puzzle

#32

Post by pbhjpbhj » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 8:03 PM UTC

Blimey they're not wrong when they say it'll open some pop-up windows. By the 13th window and no sign that it was going to show me anything I decided I didn't need to carry on playing ...

Re: The Google Puzzle

#33

Post by sthlm » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 8:51 PM UTC

th wrote: post #11

I don't understand the benefit of using separate windows for this type of media. Wouldn't layered DOM elements be easier and less annoying? Do the windows add to the wow factor somehow? A similar Google-made product: http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/

I wondered the same. The only conclusion I could come to is that they want to showcase this feature.

Based on the other comments on this one, the general consensus agrees that this is a bad idea though.

Re: The Google Puzzle

#34

Post by shotgun » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 9:01 PM UTC

I really wish I owned a rubik's cube right now.

Re: The Google Puzzle

#35

Post by sthlm » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 9:08 PM UTC

bobf wrote: post #18

Chrome (15.0.874.15-dev) completely crashes when I overlay the shape over the Rubix cube on the (presumably last?) puzzle.

For me it just closed all but the original window and it says "This is the final hint". Not sure what I'm supposed to do now.

Re: The Google Puzzle

#36

Post by lawlypop » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 10:18 PM UTC

product50 wrote: post #29

Stuck at 4th puzzle! Please give me a hint. It is so frustrating..

Read what it says once you make the letters 5x5

Re: The Google Puzzle

#37

Post by apoorvnarang » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 10:30 PM UTC

http://mytechknowledge.com/google/the-google-puzzle-full-ans...

Re: The Google Puzzle

#38

Post by bsergean » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 10:30 PM UTC

I'm gonna be annoying but if they hadn't put this 5 year old music I might have stayed longer on the page and tried to solve those puzzles. Yeah I could have turned off the volume.

Re: The Google Puzzle

#39

Post by MostAwesomeDude » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 10:55 PM UTC

recoiledsnake wrote: post #2

"Can be viewed only with the Chrome browser". Are we back to the "Best viewed with Internet Explorer" days? Does the functionality really need Chrome?

Doesn't work on a Chromebook, where everything is always fullscreen.

Re: The Google Puzzle

#40

Post by taigeair » Sat, Sep 17, 2011, 11:15 PM UTC

aquarius070287 wrote: post #9

i m stuck at 5th puzzle ..WTF

email address was pretty funny