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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bobboau on April 01, 2012, 10:24:32 pm

Title: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Bobboau on April 01, 2012, 10:24:32 pm
FYI I did notice.

Just, to who ever did it, no one else was crying about it so I wanted to let you know I did notice
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<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/gif" href="/2012-04-01-favicon.gif" />

and
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html, body {
    cursor: progress !important;
}

it was nice and subtle and clever, it took me a second to think "oh, yeah, April 1st" after I first noticed it and thought something was wrong with the site causing it to not fully load.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Sushi on April 01, 2012, 10:43:35 pm
Hah, I never made that connection. Clever indeed!
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: redsniper on April 01, 2012, 11:16:39 pm
Fuuuuuuuuuuuu- I noticed, but I wasn't sure if it was intentional or just HLP being.... HLP. :p
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 01, 2012, 11:59:10 pm
This was a good one, had me going for a good minute before I realized that it should look different in Firefox.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Aardwolf on April 02, 2012, 12:16:23 am
Oh, was it supposed to change the cursor as well?
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Bobboau on April 02, 2012, 01:13:59 am
well, it did
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 02, 2012, 01:28:34 am
I missed it all due to working away all weekend.

What was it :)
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Mongoose on April 02, 2012, 01:48:41 am
Still happening here, and after I cleared my cache too.  Weird. :p
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: deathfun on April 02, 2012, 01:59:45 am
ENDLESS LOADING
ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 02, 2012, 03:02:14 am
Bah!  You win this time, Sandwich!
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Fury on April 02, 2012, 03:10:04 am
Bah!  You win this time, Sandwich!
I certainly hopes he wins every year from now on too. Much better april fools that what we've had in the past.

Well done.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: S-99 on April 02, 2012, 03:11:32 am
Well, now i know what was going on. HLP is pretty light weight. It wasn't much of a brain**** though. Just made me curious why it says it keeps loading.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 02, 2012, 03:36:32 am
That's not all that's going on.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Snail on April 02, 2012, 03:46:57 am
What does kick ass do
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 02, 2012, 03:58:17 am
I don't have an Iphone, make an android equivalent for un-racist win :)
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: deathfun on April 02, 2012, 04:44:31 am
That's not all that's going on.

I'd like to be what your going on!
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: headdie on April 02, 2012, 04:50:21 am
Much more survivable than pirate filter and a massive improvement ON THEM BLOODY UNICORNS AND RAINBOWS
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: S-99 on April 02, 2012, 05:26:05 am
Oh well. I don't care.

Unending green circly bars in peoples tabs that never end?
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Scotty on April 02, 2012, 06:19:46 am
I didn't notice anything.

I'm not sure if that speaks toward my awareness level, or the insignificance of the joke.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 02, 2012, 07:08:55 am
i noticed, but thought "that's way too small and obscure to be an HLP april fools joke"
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: z64555 on April 02, 2012, 07:52:05 am
Much more survivable than pirate filter and a massive improvement ON THEM BLOODY UNICORNS AND RAINBOWS

Dangit, there goes my nightmares again...  :nervous:
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Sushi on April 02, 2012, 09:29:11 am
I do be missing the pirate filter.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Wobble73 on April 02, 2012, 09:41:35 am
I do be missing the pirate filter.

That'll be back on September 19th, on the official Talk Like a Pirate Day! (http://)
 :nod:  ;)
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Ravenholme on April 02, 2012, 10:27:07 am
I noticed it as well, if only because the icon it uses for constantly loading is very different to the one that Firefox uses.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: BlueFlames on April 02, 2012, 12:11:30 pm
I liked this April Fool's joke a lot more than HLP's traditional word-filter nonsense or last year's cover-the-page-in-horse****.  The loading thing was noticeable, but subtle enough that it'd take you a moment to realize it was a trick, and once you made that realization, it's not nearly as irritating as rendering posts unreadable.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on April 02, 2012, 12:39:45 pm
I noticed it, but figured out it was a prank, since I have my Firefox skinned and my real loading icon in tabs doesn't look anything like that. Still, jolly good show! I love the internet on 1 April.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: S-99 on April 02, 2012, 12:58:57 pm
Linux mint needs to change firefox to have the green loading indicator. It fit very well.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Nuke on April 02, 2012, 01:47:41 pm
Much more survivable than pirate filter and a massive improvement ON THEM BLOODY UNICORNS AND RAINBOWS

i disagree, the unicorns and rainbows was epic, and dont you ever forget it, id even say the best april fools joke ever. this years joke seemed kinda meh, most likely when valathil posted his prank a tad early for those of us in the us (it was still the 31st over here), thus tipping us off to the upcoming fool fest. that said his prank was better than the offitial prank, which was meh at best, and didnt fool anybody.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on April 03, 2012, 02:35:40 am
Oi, the loading thing has been reversed, but the cursor is still foolish! Someone missed that? :P

EDIT: Nevermind I am idiot
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: jr2 on April 03, 2012, 03:32:16 am
Clear your cache.

In Chrome: Wrench > Settings > Under the Hood > Clear Browsing Data...  (under section "Privacy".  Then, select only "Empty the Cache" .. you can also tell it to only clear one week and that should do the trick).

In Firefox: Firefox {the menu on the top left} > Options > Options > Advanced > Clear Now (under section "Cached Web Content")

In IE: you gotta be kidding me what are you doing using IE... ok fine: Gear > Internet Options > Delete... (under section "Browsing History".  Then, select only "Temporary Internet Files").

Opera: google it I can't be arsed

Safari: google it I can't be arsed
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Nuke on April 03, 2012, 05:52:58 am
it is gone
i did not need to clear my cache
the cache is there for a reason and telling users to clear it is a cop out
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: jr2 on April 03, 2012, 06:04:53 am
Of course, you could always wait until your cache refreshes itself with the updated version of HLP that doesn't have the April Fool's Day code in it.

Or you could clear your cache.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Nuke on April 03, 2012, 06:10:17 am
id rather keep my cache in tact so **** loads faster. :D
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Bob-san on April 03, 2012, 08:25:30 am
Oh well. I don't care.

Unending green circly bars in peoples tabs that never end?
Except, it was obviously a fake. Bookmark icons were updated and mine had messy edges.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on April 03, 2012, 08:33:53 am
Clear your cache.

Ah, of course :nervous:
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Snail on April 03, 2012, 08:39:05 am
Yeah but this Kick ass thing is awesome dude like seriously i had to refresh the page to post this because i destroyed the reply box
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: mjn.mixael on April 03, 2012, 10:10:22 am
I destroyed your gold star...
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 03, 2012, 01:29:11 pm
Yeah but this Kick ass thing is awesome dude like seriously i had to refresh the page to post this because i destroyed the reply box
Aha!  Another person discovers my awesome April Fools stunt.

How many does this make now?  Five? :nervous:
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 03, 2012, 01:47:13 pm
i don't get it.  what is the kickass thing supposed to be doing?
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: flecht on April 03, 2012, 02:15:41 pm
Spoiler:
Destroying the web page.
Use arrow keys and space bar. ;)
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: jr2 on April 03, 2012, 03:03:26 pm
Well, instead of clearing the cache, there is supposedly a way to force a refresh of the current page only... I think it's usually Ctrl+F5, but I'm not positive, and that may only work with some of the browsers.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 03, 2012, 09:07:32 pm
neat.  i didn't expect it to stay gone when i quit.
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Charismatic on April 05, 2012, 01:44:23 am
Im pissed. I missed April 1st again. I gotta get one of you to send me a PM or email reminder to get my ass on next time..
Cant we have a April Fools repeat day, 1 week from April 1st, for those latecomers, so we can experience it too? Or a 'Turn this years April Fools joke on" and "Off" button so you can feel April 1st any day!
(Yes, I am serious)
Title: Re: FYI I did notice.
Post by: Mongoose on April 05, 2012, 02:42:28 am
Or you could, like, manage to pay attention to the date on your own. :p