December 17, 2011

Google's Snowy Easter Egg

If you search for [let it snow] using Google, you'll have a hard time checking the search results. Google uses a JavaScript animation that adds some snowflakes and covers the entire page with snow.


Fortunately, Google added a "defrost" button that makes the search results reappear. You can also click anywhere on the page and move your mouse to "defrost" the page or draw something. Click the "+" button and you can share the Easter egg with other Google+ users.




{ Thanks, Venkat. }

15 comments:

  1. And you can write something in the frost and share this drawing to Google+. Nice one!

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  2. That opens a whole lot of new possibilities:
    let it rain
    let it fog
    let it hail
    let it storm
    let it sun
    let it meteor shower
    ... running out of ideas here

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  3. Apparently it doesn't work on iOS devices... any particular reason why? - Surely the browser can render the JS?

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  4. This is cool! I have chills watching this. lol

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  5. Wordpress has been supporting this feature in some of their themes each year in December for some years now, although they don't have a defrosting button to go with it.

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  6. hey its freezin out here..google has really set a christmas mood for all users

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  7. What happened to google news quotes? can you still access it?

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  8. I love it! For someone who hasn't experienced snow before, this is a great experience! I hope they leave it be until Christmas. I'm planning on showing this to my family via a projector on Christmas eve. :)

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  9. How to Add Google Cloud Print Button to Website here http://how-what.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-add-google-cloud-print-button-to.html

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  10. wow, i like this feature... snowy snowy day :-) google really creative

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  11. YouTube has it's own version of this Easter Egg, as far as I can tell only on newly uploaded videos.

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