# Google does a barrel roll **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796 "2011-11-03T23:54:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/1 "2011-11-03T23:54:39Z")
Pretty cool, [cite](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=do+a+barrel+roll). ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/2 "2011-11-03T23:56:40Z")
You can also type in “tilt” or “askew” in the Google search field to see the webpage do something interesting. I tried to show the results of the “tilt” search to a colleague using IE and nothing happened. Maybe these special features don’t work in all the latest browsers. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/3 "2011-11-03T23:58:42Z")
All I get is search results for ‘do a barrel roll’. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/4 "2011-11-03T23:58:46Z")
It’s not working for me in FF, I wonder if one of my Plug-Ins (adblock?) is causing a problem. The only other browser I have is IE and one of the links said it doesn’t work in that. FTR, I don’t have any plugins that block scripts/java/flash etc. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/5 "2011-11-04T00:00:52Z")
I’ve got Adblock running and it works for me in Firefox 7.0.1 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/6 "2011-11-04T00:00:52Z")
I saw it in the latest versions of Safari, Chrome, Opera and Firefox on Windows 7. The only browser that didn’t show the cool effect was Internet Explorer (latest version.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/7 "2011-11-04T00:01:13Z")
Ahh pitty. I think it probably uses some features IE doesn’t have yet. It works on Firefox 7 I know. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/8 "2011-11-04T00:03:56Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > I saw it in the latest versions of Safari, Chrome, Opera and Firefox on Windows 7. The only browser that didn’t show the cool effect was Internet Explorer (latest version.) This is just the tip of the iceburg. HTML5/CSS3 support some amazing things you previously had to use a lot of hacks, images, java, or flash and the like to do. The tilt/askew thing is pretty cool too. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/9 "2011-11-04T00:52:30Z")
Doesn’t work for me in Safari. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/10 "2011-11-04T02:22:23Z")
I must be missing something–following the OP’s link brings me to that snarky ‘Let Me Google that for You’ page. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/11 "2011-11-04T02:33:28Z")
WHAT IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT? It also doesn’t work for me (IE nor FF) and it’s VERY FRUSTRATING NOW I"M SO OUT OF IT ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/12 "2011-11-04T02:45:07Z")
Worked fine for me. The browser window did a barrel roll. Fairly predictable. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/13 "2011-11-04T02:46:48Z")
It appears this only happens once per session. Here’s how to do it: [ul] [li]Open a fresh browser window or tab[/li][li]Go to the [google.com](http://google.com) main page[/li][li]In the search box, type “do a barrel roll” (without the quotes)[/li][/ul] It’s pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/14 "2011-11-04T02:55:20Z")
Not working for me on the laptop. I will try my Droid. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/15 "2011-11-04T02:57:12Z")
Nope. Not on the Droid either. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/16 "2011-11-04T03:04:19Z")
I see nothing but the same ol’ thing. I opened Google, typed in the words but it just autosuggested a few things as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/17 "2011-11-04T03:06:43Z")
I don’t get it, either. Either the OP’s link, or entering it myself, just gives me search results. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/18 "2011-11-04T03:13:59Z")
My son called me at work about the Barrel Roll and I tried it on IE and got nothing. Came home and did it on Chrome and it rolled the screen nicely. Just tried the Tilt mentioned above on Chrome and got nothing… tried Askew and it went askew. Not sure why tilt isn’t working for me. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/19 "2011-11-04T03:15:25Z")
Works for me. Latest version of Firefox in Windows 7. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/20 "2011-11-04T11:47:07Z")
Ahhh worked in Chrome! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796.md?page=2)