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Thread Author: sherlock47 Replies: 30

 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - sherlock47
I dropped my laptop from the kitchen table, when I turned it back on this is what it showed.

tinyurl.com/c7bgt4

What do I do next?
Last edited by: pmh on Tue 20 Jul 10 at 06:46
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Pat
Your link points to the Google search page for me pmh.

Pat
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Focusless
>> Your link points to the Google search page for me pmh.

Be patient... (it's not actually the Google search page)
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Focusless
I like the way the links still work - clever stuff.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Focusless
>> Be patient... (it's not actually the Google search page)

Just to clarify Pat, if it doesn't all start moving after about a second, your browser (or something) doesn't support whatever technique is being used on the page.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Pat
It doesn't move:)

That's another bit of modern technology that will remain a mystery to me then!

Pat
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - car4play
It uses HTML5 - the next incarnation of the language used by your web browser to display web sites. It is still in development, but some browsers like Safari and Chrome are ahead of the pack. (I think it's in the latest Firefox beta version too).

But not in Internet Explorer which is probably what you are using Pat. I mean, IE can't even get a lot of HTML 4 correct now so there isn't a lot of chance they can get 5 working is there? ;-)

Perhaps Microsoft is just holding off till the standards for HTML5 get sorted out.

The reason Safari supports it so well is that Apple hate Flash with a vengeance and HTML 5 is supposed to do all that Flash can. The link here is great demonstration of some of these technologies.

I liked it!

 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Focusless
>> (I think it's in the latest Firefox beta version too).

I'm only using 3.6.4, although there's a v4 beta with 'increased HTML5 support'.

EDIT: and it does work for me
Last edited by: Focus on Tue 20 Jul 10 at 09:40
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Dog
worx 4 me in foxie but not IE, of course.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Zero
nothing happens on chrome. Ah now it does once i fiddle with its settings
Last edited by: Zero on Tue 20 Jul 10 at 10:28
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - R.P.
Works on my Vista/Firefox combo but a lot smoother on my MacBook/Firefox machine.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Pat
((Stamps feet and has a hissy fit!))

Will someone please tell me WHAT it does:(

Pat
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Focusless
>> Will someone please tell me WHAT it does:(

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZL1jcnazio
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Focusless
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZL1jcnazio

Actually I can't move the contents around with the mouse like they do in the video - perhaps that's what's missing from the older versions of FF.
Last edited by: Focus on Tue 20 Jul 10 at 11:11
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Dog
>>Actually I can't move the contents around with the mouse like they do in the video<<

Neither can I.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - rtj70
On the Mac using Safari or Chrome you can pick up the fallen items and swing them around, move them, etc. In Firefox the animation is slower and you cannot interact with the items.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Bellboy
only opera has the answer...................
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Dog
>>only opera has the answer<<

Affirmative, I can make it dance in opera.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Bellboy
we might be old dogs dog but at least we are up to date in the tricks of the trade
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Stuartli
The link worked with the latest version of Firefox (3.6.6).....:-)

Quite amusing little demonstration.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Dog
>>The link worked with the latest version of Firefox (3.6.6)<<

But can you make it dance with your left clicker like us in the opera?
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - RattleandSmoke
Could you describe what it does?
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Focusless
>> Could you describe what it does?

See the youtube link posted earlier.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Roger.
The Google logo, search boxes etc, crumple and fall to the bottom of the web page in a tangled heap of broken letters!
Works on Firefox 3.6.6
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - rtj70
And the page still works to use with the tangled heap. And you can move the tangled heap about by clicking and dragging etc. You can even spin things around and let them go.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Stuartli
Actually I installed the Final version of Firefox 3 (3.6.7) shortly after posting the earlier comment...:-)

Works equally well.
Last edited by: Stuartli on Tue 20 Jul 10 at 21:53
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Focusless
>> Works equally well.

But as Dog asked earlier, does it allow you to throw the links around with your mouse, which 3.6.4 doesn't?
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - smokie
Chrome does.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Dog
You can really cause a Blitzkrieg with it if you cop hold of the end of 'Google' and spin the critter around while flinging it up in the air!

:D That's in opera btw.
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Focusless
>> >> Works equally well.
>>
>> But as Dog asked earlier, does it allow you to throw the links around with
>> your mouse, which 3.6.4 doesn't?

No, it doesn't. (I am now officially a Windows user - company policy change :( )
 Laptop dropped, what to do next? - Dog
I installed the latest updates from the fiery fox, and my choice of persona is the Japanese Tattoo although I quite like the Van Goff :)
I still can't make it dance in Firefox, even with the latest updates,
So that's a gold star to opera then.
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