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Google's Amazing Browser Experiments

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yeah-its-that-kind-of-day dept.

Barence writes "On the day that Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 8, Google has unveiled a new site that showcases the Javascript performance of its Chrome browser. Called Chrome Experiments, the site includes 19 extraordinary animated games and widgets that push the browser to its limits. One experiment, called Browser Ball allows you to 'throw' a bouncing ball from one browser window to the next. Google Gravity, on the other hand, collapses the normal Google homepage into a pile at the bottom of the screen. However, you can still enter search terms into the box and watch the results drop from the top of the browser window."

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  1. Obvious user question by MemoryDragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why does this frecking site do not work in ie6...

    1. Re:Obvious user question by Hasney · · Score: 2, Funny

      It worked for me! However, the ball looked a lot like a blue lowercase e and the second browser looked like a trashcan....

    2. Re:Obvious user question by aliquis · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why does this frecking site do not work in ie6...

      It does work, just different, just as Microsoft intended.

    3. Re:Obvious user question by u38cg · · Score: 3, Funny

      USB drives are locked down. If I want to plug something in, I fill out a form and request a one-time authorisation number for the DLP sentinel. The form is then returned to you with a note informing you it's been denied, some time after it becomes moot. Seriously, these guys are *artists*.

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    4. Re:Obvious user question by vishbar · · Score: 4, Funny

      All that and they don't Websense slashdot?

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    5. Re:Obvious user question by Thelasko · · Score: 4, Funny

      In many cases the people sweeping the floors are more intelligent than the HR people.

      Note to self:
      The janitorial staff gets offended when you compare their intelligence to that of a person in human resources.

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  2. Re:Works in Safari too by Hasney · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can I throw a ball from one iPhone to another?

    Why play catch when I can just sit on my butt to throw a ball?

  3. Friendly competition still, right? by imajinarie · · Score: 2, Funny

    So I wonder who will send the other team a cake?

  4. Re:Works in Safari too by dotancohen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, the gravity thing seems to work on Firefox 3 as well. Most of these things should work with a browser that is relatively standards compliant.

    The gravity thing works in Firefox, but it is environment dependent. When I turned the monitor on it's side, nothing happened. You've got to have the monitor perfectly level.

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  5. Re:Hello Slashdot..? by AndersOSU · · Score: 2, Funny

    also 4 'o's

  6. Re:Hello Slashdot..? by wfWebber · · Score: 5, Funny

    Exactly. Shut up and let me play with my balls.

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