Do a barrel roll - Google Search • Hacker News Board

For those who aren’t using a compatible browser: right after the page loads, a screenshot of your view of the page rotates 360° as if in a barrel roll. The page is then a normal, functioning Google results page.

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by ot » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:32 PM UTC

Note the bug: "do a barrel roll" skyrocketed at the top of the suggestion lists for "do a ".

So if you have Google Instant enabled, just typing "do a " will instant-search "do a barrel roll" and trigger the effect.

I'm sure this wasn't intended.

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by InfinityX0 » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:34 PM UTC

Also: https://www.google.com/search?pws=0&q=tilt

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by gerrit » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:35 PM UTC

Nice, but I wonder how much money Google are losing delivering the animation code for this easteregg with every results page, on the off-chance that someone types this query. I couldn’t find any sign of dynamic code loading in a cursory glance in the web inspector. Google Search’s source code is otherwise ruthlessly optimised for bandwidth savings.

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by bawigga » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:35 PM UTC

And wasn't there just a post about easter eggs being a thing of the past? Thanks Google for adding a little bit of fun to your product!

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by ThePinion » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:36 PM UTC

andrewpi wrote: post #3

EwanToo wrote: post #2

Only works in Chrome or Firefox, pretty fun :)

Works in Safari too.

and Midori