Todays google logo

[beabert]

Love it, best one since pacman.

[SuzukiNess]

its good yeah... but whats the reasoning??

[mister c]

Hover over the logo & it normally shows you :)

[SuzukiNess]

Hover over the logo & it normally shows you :)


have u tried it?? wont let you :) it disappears...

go have some fun it you bored ;)

[beabert]

I play with it by trying to isolate one of the blobs lol.

I think the reasoning is to annoy, everyone hovers over the logo to see what its about, but you cant with this one :D

[injury_ian]

epic

[Berlin]

Well it ain't happening for me. Firefox, nothing happens and in Explorer I don't get the logo at all!

They have "issues" :)

C

[injury_ian]

must only be for the clever people...

[Triv650]

Love it!

[BigBaddad]

cool

[Viney]

Mine just says Googleuk!

[punyXpress]

Bit like training a sheepdog ?

[anna]

doesnt display it in chrome. :(

[no_akira]

Physic games are all the rage at the mo, see this cool Crayon Physics game. Its what touch screens are going to exploit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avkacGQKWec

[benji106]

Works for me in firefox, doesnt display the reason for it when you click on it so I googled it lol:

Normally, when a user clicks on the Doodle, the reason for the design is displayed as search results.

But unlike most Google Doodles, today's balloon design does not appear to be referring to anything in particular.
Some commentators believe that it is instead an exercise in HTML5 - the latest version of the standard for displaying content on the web.
HTML 5 will give developers far more flexibility and allow features like drag and drop and make the internet far more interactive.
It could also be a demonstration of what Google's latest Chrome browser is capable of producing.

A Google spokesman would only say: 'Today’s doodle is fast, fun and interactive, just the way we think search should be.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1309737/Google-logo-Doodle-Mystery-new-interactive-balloon-design-homepage.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0yqHLiMA3

[Drew Carey]

Mine just says Googleuk!

+1....whats all the fuss about? Mine just says Google UK and nothing is changing?!?!?!?

[lily]

I love it.... keeping my mind amused at work today

[Nick_69]

+1....whats all the fuss about? Mine just says Google UK and nothing is changing?!?!?!?

Thats what ive got

[no_akira]

Download and install Chrome / Chromium 100% Acid test compliant http://acid3.acidtests.org/

Should then display the logo.

[lily]

See pictures if I've attached them correct.

If you try and put your mouse on the google image it moves like you can't catch it?!

[anna]

ahh my mistake google.co.uk :rolleyes:

[Jamesy D]

For all their desire to own the entire internet and control what we see... Google do know how to have a bit of pointless fun :p

[SoulKiss]

On Windows 7 it works in IE8, Firefox and Chrome - not in Opera however...

Correction, works in Opera if you tell google you are using Firefox...

Solution
Go to the site in question.
From the menu, select Tools > Quick preferences > Edit site preferences (Mac: Opera > Quick preferences > Edit site preferences)
Click the "Network" tab
In the "Browser identification" drop-down, select "Identify as Internet Explorer" or "Identify as Firefox"
Click "OK"
Reload the page

[Littlepeahead]

For all their desire to own the entire internet and control what we see... Google do know how to have a bit of pointless fun :p

There's no such thing as pointless fun! All fun is necessary.

[Paul the 6th]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/sep/07/google-logo-bouncy-birthday

[beabert]

Bit like training a sheepdog ?

Yes, i thought that lol, i think its a html5 demo for there 12th birthday. Hence some ppl cant see it? ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IamH9--894c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IamH9--894c

[embee]

Yep, it made me smile, nice one Google.

[dill89]

http://gizmodo.com/5631535/what-does-todays-google-logo-mean

[Smudge]

If you corner the large red ball at the bottom of the E it display the anniversary only seems to work in the bottom right corner though.

[simesb]

I'd have completely missed this if it wasn't for this thread - I'm surprised many people except those on IE6 are not using the quick search on their browser. (I know IE 6 still has a big corporate base)

[Smudge]

google is my home page.
nobody is actually trying my last post are they i was only joking lol

[Bluepete]

Go to the Belgian Google,

http://www.google.be/

and type

can som

and see what the first suggestion is!

Pete ;)

[TazDaz]

I easily spent an hour at work playing with the logo today! :)

[ravingdavis]

Has anyone else noticed that in Chrome the little google balls bounce in a 3D motion rather than the IE ones that only go in a 2D motion?

[beabert]

looks awful on ie7!

[beabert]

Todays is as bland as hell!

[SuzukiNess]

Todays is as bland as hell!


bring back the balls....

:smt088

[Paul the 6th]

today is bland as hell until you start typing, then the colours come back to the letters one by one.

Think google are trying to make a statement about some kind of new web standards because the interactive logo's haven't been flash/gifs/activeX objects - they're just embedded in the page somehow

[ravingdavis]

today is bland as hell until you start typing, then the colours come back to the letters one by one.

Think google are trying to make a statement about some kind of new web standards because the interactive logo's haven't been flash/gifs/activeX objects - they're just embedded in the page somehow

Its HTML5 I believe.

[Paul the 6th]

most likely... also heard rumours that is CSS 5 (they must be basically the same thing by now)

[ravingdavis]

For other cool HTML5 awesomeness see this:
www.thewildernessdowntown.com
You have to view it in Chrome

[Reeder]

I personally found the moving balls yesterday untidy and annoying!

[BigBaddad]

I personally found the moving balls yesterday untidy and annoying!

You will insist on going commando:smt026:smt026

[beabert]

For other cool HTML5 awesomeness see this:
www.thewildernessdowntown.com
You have to view it in Chrome

Bloody awful presentation, i prefer the balls lol

[Reeder]

Commando is definitely not my preferred style.