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madra (Administrator) 2010-05-22, 12:59 #1
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Subject: pacman on google
apparently it's the 30th anniversary of the release of the original pacman game.  on google's homepage, the usual banner has been replaced with a playable version of the game.  a nice nostalgia trip for all you retro-gamers out there:

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madra (Administrator) 2010-06-15, 21:52 #2
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OK - no-one was interested in pacman suddenly appearing on google.

so how about this:


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how long has that been there for?....


... and what is the point?  :confused:
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Oisín 2010-06-15, 22:21 #3
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You mean the pop-up keyboard? A few months (it was part of the whole Google redesign)

Or do you mean the Africa Latin layout specifically? No idea, I’ve never used it. :P
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madra (Administrator) 2010-06-15, 22:24 #4
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i meant the popup keyboard.  i've only just noticed it today
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Gamoe 2010-06-15, 23:24 #5
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Quote by madra:
how long has that been there for?....


... and what is the point?  :confused:

Seems like it was part of the recent redesign, as Oisín said.

It would seem to be useful for kiosk environments and a little additional security/privacy if you suspect a keyboard logger. Limited situations I know, but otherwise I don't know what the point is other than having an additional input option. Not a bad thing, in my opinion.

P.S. You can always go back to play Google PacMan here. :wink:
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Oisín 2010-06-15, 23:59 #6
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Incidentally, I just noticed that the redesign also reset all my Google preferences, giving me the site in Danish, with moderate filtering and a bunch of other crap I don’t want.

Nice one, Google. :hmm:
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I knew about Pacman but never got around to it. Never been a great fan of it. Was rubbish at it as a kid on my mum's Atari. Doubt I've improved. Space Invaders though...

(My mum was a bit of a legend at our (strictly 'her') Atari. She was way better than me and my brother).
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