Do a barrel roll - Google Search

Post by huhtenberg » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:47 PM UTC

ThePinion wrote: post #10

andrewpi wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Works in Safari too.

and Midori

Post by ffsdfsdfsda » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

Post by underwater » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:52 PM UTC

gerrit wrote: post #8

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.

   body {
     ...
     -webkit-animation-name: roll;
     -webkit-animation-duration: 4s;
     -webkit-animation-iteration-count: 1;
   }

Post by felideon » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 6:03 PM UTC

ot wrote: post #6

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.

Post by ot » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 6:05 PM UTC

felideon wrote: post #28

ot wrote: post #6

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.

I wonder if the barrel roll effect was intended for a Google Image search on "do a barrel roll" as well. The effect is much more prominent -- and annoying since you see the effect every time you navigate back. (I hadn't seen the meme, so I was browsing for images on it.)