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by franze • 15 years ago

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Mithrandir2• 15 years ago

I believe this is a takeoff from the demo of box2dweb:

https://code.google.com/p/box2dweb/

http://www.atomitware.tk/games/box2dwebdemo.html

Pretty cool. Type something into the search box, press enter and see what happens. :)

mrdoob22• 15 years ago

This experiment was done in 2009 using Box2DJS[1] for the site Chrome Experiments[2]. Since then I've been improving it by cleaning up the code, adding DevideOrientation support and, some weeks ago, updated it to the new google.com design.

Fun fact: The API being used has been deprecated for a while and, as far as I know, there is no alternative.

[1] http://box2d-js.sourceforge.net/ [2] http://www.chromeexperiments.com/

skrebbel• 15 years ago

> Fun fact: The API being used has been deprecated for a while and, as far as I know, there is no alternative.

Amazing that it works on non-Chrome as well, then! (opera, in my case)

(also, hi! small world)

Mithrandir2• 15 years ago

Thanks for clarifying! It's a really great idea!

conradev• 15 years ago

Yeah, good thing Box2D doesn't change a whole lot in itself, and is pretty complete. Recent commits have mainly been small refactoring changes.

artursapek• 15 years ago

Awh, they removed the Google+ part of the toolbar. I want to check my notifications upside-down.

kpreid• 15 years ago

It's just the not-logged-in view.

The alternative would be a security hole in Google.

jrockway2• 15 years ago

Almost as fun as the katamari hack:

http://kathack.com/

wgx• 15 years ago

Now THAT is awesome. Needs an HN thread of its own.

jrockway2• 15 years ago

HN is where I heard about it. Here's the thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2318076

fishtoaster• 15 years ago

Works especially well on word-heavy pages like PG articles (http://www.paulgraham.com/road.html) or Timecube.com

johanbrook• 15 years ago

Works great on touch devices as well.

alexyoung• 15 years ago

It even works if you move the browser window around

jeffool• 15 years ago

On my phone so I can't accurately find it, but there was an ad for a Nintendo game (Wario: Shake It) that added gravity to Youtube. It was done fantastically. Someone should link that.

Kenw00t• 15 years ago

I guess it is this: http://www.youtube.com/wariolandshakeit2008

CletoSColoma• 15 years ago

Lo he adoptado como mi pagina de inicio al http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google_gravity/ Muy buena iniciativa y muy original. (I've adpted as the Home page. Original and creative one, puts a smile on the face. Keep it going. Congrt!

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