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Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by deepkut »

mweimer wrote: post #16
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.

It's done with CSS: body { -moz-animation-name: roll; -moz-animation-duration: 4s; -moz-animation-iteration-count: 1; -o-animation-name: roll; -o-animation-duration: 4s; -o-animation-iteration-count: 1; -webkit-animation-name: roll; -webkit-animation-duration: 4s; -webkit-animation-iteration-count: 1; }

I didn't know this existed -- CSS3? No javascript at work here? I didn't look at the web resources myself but I'm curious

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by elliottcarlson »

program wrote: post #60
Timothee wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the Easter Egg?

In the movie saga "Back to the future" the DeLorean time machine needs to travel at 88 mph and the flux capacitor needs 1.21 gigawatts of power in order to activate the time circuits.

There's still no Easter Egg on Google though - the search results for Back to the Future are there because they refer to those numbers.

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by Jeff_29 »

Coolest barrel roll in history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vHiYA6Dmws

I know this isn't the original intent of the post, but this occured at a make or break time in Boeing's history and turned out to be a launching point for the company. If anything had gone wrong, Boeing would probably not exist today,

Interesting lesson in risk taking.

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by mekoka »

I just realized that such popular memes, contribute in eating away at Internet Explorer's market when they don't work on it. People who for months could not be bothered to even just upgrade to IE7 or 8, are now more than willing to download and install another browser, just to see google "do a barrel roll".
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