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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    It uses the HTML5 <canvas> tag (at least for the strings), so it's not going to work in any browser that doesn't support that. This means IE less than 9 won't get them.

    It also uses Flash for audio, which means although the visuals work on my copy of Safari, the Flash blocker prevented the sound from working until I whitelisted google.co.uk.
    Sums up Google's confused lack of web strategy nicely. Perhaps pragmatic is a nicer term than dithering.

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  • thunderlizard
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    I've been waiting to get home and twang that all day. Currently on first full week at a new client - the kind where they don't expect you to make boinging noises.

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  • NickFitz
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    It uses the HTML5 <canvas> tag (at least for the strings), so it's not going to work in any browser that doesn't support that. This means IE less than 9 won't get them.

    It also uses Flash for audio, which means although the visuals work on my copy of Safari, the Flash blocker prevented the sound from working until I whitelisted google.co.uk.

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  • Zippy
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    Originally posted by Bunk View Post


    They don't work for me. There's also supposed to be a record button beside the logo but all I get is a little keyboard button. I've tried all my browsers, even the Chrome Canary build
    WBS

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  • Bunk
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    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
    3.6 and 4.1


    They don't work for me. There's also supposed to be a record button beside the logo but all I get is a little keyboard button. I've tried all my browsers, even the Chrome Canary build

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  • Cliphead
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    Originally posted by Zippy View Post
    Which version of FF?
    3.6 and 4.1

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  • mudskipper
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    Actually, I'm FF4 not 3 - forgot I got a new PC.

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  • Zippy
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    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
    Works for me in FF.
    Which version of FF?

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  • Cliphead
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    Originally posted by Bunk View Post
    Apparently the encoded tunes in the url only work in the US. Can't be bothered using a proxy to test it, but they don't work for me either in the UK.
    Works for me in FF.

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  • Bunk
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    Originally posted by k2p2 View Post
    Doesn't work for me - FF3 or IE9. Shame - it gave me a good idea for a geocache...

    Also, get pretty coloured strings in FF, but not IE.
    Apparently the encoded tunes in the url only work in the US. Can't be bothered using a proxy to test it, but they don't work for me either in the UK.

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  • mudskipper
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Keyboard mapping at Hacker News; you can also encode tunes: Google
    Doesn't work for me - FF3 or IE9. Shame - it gave me a good idea for a geocache...

    Also, get pretty coloured strings in FF, but not IE.

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  • Bunk
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    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
    I'll have the real thing thanks.

    Mine's almost the real thing

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  • Cliphead
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    I'll have the real thing thanks.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    you can play it with your keyboard as well
    Keyboard mapping at Hacker News; you can also encode tunes: Google

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    I don't get sound in Firefox, but do in Internet Explorer
    And I get Opera in my browser!

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