Not that my comments on this count for anything, but I have encountered the following issues that might be of interest to you all.
Safari 3.1.1 (MacOSX) – Everything pops up as it should, but little to no content loads. Builds with higher RAM, solid internet connections and/or better processors may load content properly. It’s very likely this issue has nothing to do with the browser.
Safari 3.1.1 (WinXP) – Untested
Firefox 2.0.0.14 (MacOSX/WinXP) – Strangely, even with pop ups turned OFF Firefox still blocks some or all of the pop ups. I haven’t any idea why.
Internet Explorer 6 (WinXP) – Everything pops up as it should, and most of the content loads as it should. I tested it on a fairly beefy machine and the only thing that seems to limit it was Internet connection.
Internet Explorer 7 (WinXP) – Similar issues as Firefox, though again there seems to be no explanation. It’s quite possible the dated laptop and the weak wireless connection I tested this on are to blame, though because the issue was inexplicable pop up blocking I doubt it.
Internet Explorer ??? (MacOSX) – Untested. Whatever the last version of IE was that Microsoft supported should run comparable to IE 6, at the very least.
**I don’t have regular access to Windows Vista and I don’t want to pay for Opera, so you’re on your own if you have any of those.**
For me, this took a little while to start up so I tried click around and that just sent me to error pages, BUT the concept is great. That is what the internet is, just a bunch of random pop-ups, media/information.
I’ve got safari so I didn’t even try to look at it but I did see it crash the computers at school nicely. I like the idea of simulating the ‘random pop up window’ because you have no idea where its taking you but you’re going anyway. This piece shows that…especially in Safari where all the windows pile up, most of them black so you don’t know where you’re headed. Also the visual aspect of this is nice after 30 or so windows come up in expose.
I always judge works based on whether or not I wish I would have come up with the same idea. This is one of those ones that I wish I would have come up with. The internet is an odd place, and it leaves a lot of room for odd art work. This would be one of those. I didn’t even attempt to open it on my computer because I didn’t feel like having my browser crash, or my computer just go ape shit. However, I saw it in class and I liked it a lot. I agree with Brett that it looks very nice in Expose. Although, not everyone has that ability on their computer. I also like the idea that if someone just stumbled across it, they might get the idea that it’s just a ton of pop up windows, but when their browser crashes…I’m not sure they would understand that that’s what is supposed to happen. So, I like the thought I’m someone constantly trying to reach the end to see what is there…and crashing their browser everytime.
I was not able to pull this up on my family’s PC at home, but I saw it at school and let me say – it’s grand. You were able to crash the browser, which is what I was trying to do in my linear. Kudos!
This also emphasizes the idea that the internet is this big flashing mess, where you can *maybe* get content, but it’s just as easy to spend your time in a useless/unproductive endeavor with nothing to show for it.
I actually clicked your little link. It did take a while to start popping stuff up, but once it got going, it just kept on going. I was able to command+w all the way back to the beginning. It took a while. At most I was able to load 10 video before the rest went black or white. Still, nice idea, but they need to start popping up sooner, or you need to put something else on the page to hold the viewer’s attention the popup’s start. I thought I was suspposed to click search or “I’m feeling lucky.”
I was unsure as to what I should click but then the thing started going and it was quite cool. It turns out that my PC rand the first couple of videos, then went black. It reminds me of how Internet content constantly bombards us. (WinXP SP2 – Firefox)
Not that my comments on this count for anything, but I have encountered the following issues that might be of interest to you all.
Safari 3.1.1 (MacOSX) – Everything pops up as it should, but little to no content loads. Builds with higher RAM, solid internet connections and/or better processors may load content properly. It’s very likely this issue has nothing to do with the browser.
Safari 3.1.1 (WinXP) – Untested
Firefox 2.0.0.14 (MacOSX/WinXP) – Strangely, even with pop ups turned OFF Firefox still blocks some or all of the pop ups. I haven’t any idea why.
Internet Explorer 6 (WinXP) – Everything pops up as it should, and most of the content loads as it should. I tested it on a fairly beefy machine and the only thing that seems to limit it was Internet connection.
Internet Explorer 7 (WinXP) – Similar issues as Firefox, though again there seems to be no explanation. It’s quite possible the dated laptop and the weak wireless connection I tested this on are to blame, though because the issue was inexplicable pop up blocking I doubt it.
Internet Explorer ??? (MacOSX) – Untested. Whatever the last version of IE was that Microsoft supported should run comparable to IE 6, at the very least.
**I don’t have regular access to Windows Vista and I don’t want to pay for Opera, so you’re on your own if you have any of those.**
For me, this took a little while to start up so I tried click around and that just sent me to error pages, BUT the concept is great. That is what the internet is, just a bunch of random pop-ups, media/information.
I’ve got safari so I didn’t even try to look at it but I did see it crash the computers at school nicely. I like the idea of simulating the ‘random pop up window’ because you have no idea where its taking you but you’re going anyway. This piece shows that…especially in Safari where all the windows pile up, most of them black so you don’t know where you’re headed. Also the visual aspect of this is nice after 30 or so windows come up in expose.
I always judge works based on whether or not I wish I would have come up with the same idea. This is one of those ones that I wish I would have come up with. The internet is an odd place, and it leaves a lot of room for odd art work. This would be one of those. I didn’t even attempt to open it on my computer because I didn’t feel like having my browser crash, or my computer just go ape shit. However, I saw it in class and I liked it a lot. I agree with Brett that it looks very nice in Expose. Although, not everyone has that ability on their computer. I also like the idea that if someone just stumbled across it, they might get the idea that it’s just a ton of pop up windows, but when their browser crashes…I’m not sure they would understand that that’s what is supposed to happen. So, I like the thought I’m someone constantly trying to reach the end to see what is there…and crashing their browser everytime.
I was not able to pull this up on my family’s PC at home, but I saw it at school and let me say – it’s grand. You were able to crash the browser, which is what I was trying to do in my linear. Kudos!
This also emphasizes the idea that the internet is this big flashing mess, where you can *maybe* get content, but it’s just as easy to spend your time in a useless/unproductive endeavor with nothing to show for it.
Also – like Ryan said, the idea of someone coming back, trying to get to the end is highly entertaining.
I actually clicked your little link. It did take a while to start popping stuff up, but once it got going, it just kept on going. I was able to command+w all the way back to the beginning. It took a while. At most I was able to load 10 video before the rest went black or white. Still, nice idea, but they need to start popping up sooner, or you need to put something else on the page to hold the viewer’s attention the popup’s start. I thought I was suspposed to click search or “I’m feeling lucky.”
I was unsure as to what I should click but then the thing started going and it was quite cool. It turns out that my PC rand the first couple of videos, then went black. It reminds me of how Internet content constantly bombards us. (WinXP SP2 – Firefox)