In case anybody doesn't get the "joke", microsoft recently launched a contest where they "hid" something on the web, but you need IE8 to see it.<p>The former is idiotic, this is cool :) Good job, mozilla team!
This reminds me of BMW's Checkmate on Audi's ad 1). Brilliant.<p>1) <a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1675-santa-monica-bmws-checkmate" rel="nofollow">http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1675-santa-monica-bmws-ch...</a>
First clue from the Twitter feed (@Tengrand_IE8):<p>"If you are already using IE8, please switch off the Compatibility Mode!"<p>This is going to be great. /sarcasm
Hey, cool, 'home'. Well, a bit north, but close enough.<p>Here's the Google Maps link: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=45.12363,-123.113662&spn=0.002487,0.006974&z=18" rel="nofollow">http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=45.12363,...</a> zoomed in.
"But you'll never find it using boring Safari. (So get rid of it, or get lost.)"<p>....<p>"Ditch the web browser you're using. If you try to find the $10,000 with Safari, you'll get nowhere."
So, the MS contest is performing useragent analysis to generate custom pages based on your browser. If you use Firefox or Chrome, you get a customized jab at your of browser (e.g. "old Firefox" or "Tarnished Chrome".)<p>...but if you use Opera, they just call it "that browser."
I thought this phoenix was lame - the fox is WAY cooler!<p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5540634/Phoenix-crop-circle-may-predict-end-of-the-world.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5540...</a>
If someone needs a web-based puzzle the python challenge is decent:<p><a href="http://www.pythonchallenge.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pythonchallenge.com/</a>