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Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by car387 » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 11:14 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.

I was so delightfully surprised when I went to type it in, expecting something to happen, and it rolled halfway through my query. Awesome!

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

#102

Post by sampsonjs » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 11:35 PM UTC

If you haven't seen it already, this is relevant. And hilarious: http://www.collegehumor.com/video/5633958/star-fox-in-iraq

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

#103

Post by estel » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 11:36 PM UTC

melling wrote: post #77

mekoka wrote: post #69

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".

Yep, an occasional HTML5 Easter Egg could nudge people to upgrade. How about a few written in WebGL?

Not that this couldn't have worked in IE9 (and Opera?) anyway if Google had used a few more CSS prefixes.

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

#104

Post by ajarmoniuk » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 11:36 PM UTC

mdda wrote: post #48

I'm assuming this is being noticed because of the recent ANA plane aerobatics : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aunUFwyxsF0 (spoiler : plane landed safely).

that was centrifugal, not gravitational force

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

#105

Post by verroq » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 11:44 PM UTC

ajarmoniuk wrote: post #104

mdda wrote: post #48

I'm assuming this is being noticed because of the recent ANA plane aerobatics : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aunUFwyxsF0 (spoiler : plane landed safely).

that was centrifugal, not gravitational force

Centripetal. Centrifugal force is imaginary.

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

#106

Post by diamondhead » Fri, Nov 04, 2011, 1:25 AM UTC

Google's new design is completely blocked to the users of non-popular web browsers. As a user of my own fork of a webkit based browser, I only see the old Google since Google thinks that my web browser is not modern.

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

#107

Post by useflyer » Fri, Nov 04, 2011, 1:31 AM UTC

This technology was demo'ed by SpotCapitan.com on HN a few months ago. So is Google ripping off cutting-edge front-end engingeering from startups now?

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

#108

Post by bennysaurus » Fri, Nov 04, 2011, 2:38 AM UTC

diamondhead wrote: post #106

Google's new design is completely blocked to the users of non-popular web browsers. As a user of my own fork of a webkit based browser, I only see the old Google since Google thinks that my web browser is not modern.

What are you sending in your HTTP headers?

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

#109

Post by jQueryIsAwesome » Fri, Nov 04, 2011, 3:33 AM UTC

swah wrote: post #34

No money for labs, but this...

I can do this in 20 minutes, is just a little of CSS3 and an animate function (like the jQuery one)... so not so much money spent on this.

Re: Do a barrel roll - Google Search

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Post by kissickas » Fri, Nov 04, 2011, 4:06 AM UTC

Avshalom wrote: post #95

ot wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

oh yes and it is completely broken on Google Images, at least on my browser (Chrome): a few elements are misplaced during the animation, and it looks like the center of rotation is not the center of the page.

A barrel roll is an off center roll, so that part is probably intentional.

No, the center is off the page so the images are only on screen at the beginning and the end. It is a different effect from the web search one, or at least appears to be.