ou have a moment to kill? Try this:
Go to the Google home page. Type in the phrase "Do a barrel roll. Press the Enter button.
(Brief pause while you try it then please come back.)
Does the earth move for you? Images in your browser should — well, he should have done barrel rolls. It's a takeoff on Apple iPhones and iPads with their built-in accelerometer — these little gizmos that tell the appliance when it was moved, turned on its side, supported at one end on top? (Note added on Friday morning: many people on Twitter made this proposal when we first noticed something happening Thursday, the New York Times bits blog called the effect "Siri as.") One blogger suggested that Google links Nintendo "Star Fox".
There is no such thing, says Google, who sent us this explanation:
"Today's entertainment query, do a barrel roll was created Google software engineer with the main purpose of entertaining users — during a demonstration of power, CSS3 feature presentations of modern browsers. "Do a barrel roll "query, which leads to the search page for spin, will remain in effect at the time. "
(BTW, you can not see the effect in older browsers. New HTML5 support, the latest version of the code that makes online content work.)
Twitter coverage of how people are "doing a barrel roll.
Some sample comments:
"Google now nerdy again, and I love it ".
"It will bring you joy for about 5 seconds."
"You won't be disappointed. Or maybe you can, if you're a grump.
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