# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/21 "2011-11-04T11:49:35Z")
Didn’t work on IE at work, and didn’t work on Opera at home ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/22 "2011-11-04T12:03:40Z")
It worked in Safari on ios 5! ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/23 "2011-11-04T12:17:09Z")
Worked in Safari 5.1.1 in Lion. ---
**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, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/24 "2011-11-04T13:29:45Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I must be missing something–following the OP’s link brings me to that snarky ‘Let Me Google that for You’ page. And when the search results display for “do a barrel roll” the page contents will spin 360˚, if you’re using a modern browser. As mentioned in the thread, it seems to work in Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, at least for some people. In those four browsers (latest version) it worked for me on Windows 7 and Macintosh OS X 10.7.2 (Lion). You would see the same effect if you went to [google.com](http://google.com) and typed in those terms in the search field. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/25 "2011-11-04T13:35:25Z")
For those of you who can’t see it, [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerNB9K16LQ) is a YouTube video showing it. ---
**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 4, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/26 "2011-11-04T13:35:28Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > And when the search results display for “do a barrel roll” the page contents will spin 360˚, if you’re using a modern browser. As mentioned in the thread, it seems to work in Safari Nope. The Google. It does nothing. I’ve tried it in Safari 4.1.3 and whatever Firefox I have. ---
**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, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/27 "2011-11-04T13:36:17Z")
Here’s a video that shows what happens: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QerNB9K16LQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Google Barrel Roll Demo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerNB9K16LQ) ---
**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, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/28 "2011-11-04T13:37:47Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > For those of you who can’t see it, [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerNB9K16LQ) is a YouTube video showing it. I was beat to it again! :mad: > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Nope. The Google. It does nothing. > > I’ve tried it in Safari 4.1.3 and whatever Firefox I have. You don’t have the latest version. ---
**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 4, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/29 "2011-11-04T13:38:38Z")
It’s the latest version of Safari that will work on this computer. ---
**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, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/30 "2011-11-04T13:41:27Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s the latest version of Safari that will work on this computer. That may be. But that’s why you are not seeing what other people are seeing. Try the latest Firefox or the latest Opera or the latest Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/31 "2011-11-04T15:52:25Z")
Does anyone know what technology this is using? It must be something that FF and most modern browsers support (I see it in FF) but that even the latest IE (I am using IE 9.0.8112.16421 64-bit) does not seem to have? I was under the impression that IE was supposed to be a lot more up-to-date, and standards compliant, than it used to be a couple of years ago, but I guess it is still behind the curve. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/32 "2011-11-04T15:55:29Z")
Doesn’t work. IE 8, Win 7 ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/33 "2011-11-04T15:56:56Z")
I believe it’s HTML5, which [IE 9.0 doesn’t support all that well.](http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/ie9-leads-pack-in-html5-support-not-exactly/) [QUOTE=Wired Article] IE 9 has some support for CSS 3, but it lags behind other browsers, and it can’t handle much of SVG 1.1. From a web developer’s viewpoint, that means IE9 will load your Canvas tags, but if you’re using transforms or other animations based on CSS 3 tools, IE 9 users won’t see what you can show to Firefox, Chrome, Opera or Safari users. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/34 "2011-11-04T15:59:37Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:13, topic:601796”] 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. [/QUOTE] Did that. Just got the search results. Big whoop. FF 3.6.15, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/35 "2011-11-04T16:10:30Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > For those of you who can’t see it, [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerNB9K16LQ) is a YouTube video showing it. Jeezus Christ, at last. Thank you. ---
**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, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/36 "2011-11-04T16:33:03Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Did that. Just got the search results. Big whoop. > > FF 3.6.15, FWIW. See post 30. I am on Windows 7 and the version of Firefox I have is 7.0.1. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/37 "2011-11-04T17:11:15Z")
OS X, 10.6.8 - it doesn’t work for me with the latest version of Safari or Firefox, but does work with Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/38 "2011-11-04T23:13:18Z")
Works on the iPhone running i5. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/39 "2011-11-04T23:26:24Z")
Do any of you people know what this is a reference to? It’s from the N64 game “StarFox 64”, which I used to play all the time; I think it was the very first game to make use of the Rumble Pack (force feedback.) One of your squad mates (Peppy, I think) tells you to “do a barrel roll!” The quote has since become an internet meme. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796/40 "2011-11-04T23:38:10Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Did that. Just got the search results. Big whoop. > > FF 3.6.15, FWIW. FF3.6!?!? What are you, stuck in 2002? _looks it up_ Oh. March 2011, you say? Never mind… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-does-a-barrel-roll/601796.md?page=3)