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Dropbox Easter Egg?

107 points by earbitscom 15y ago

gburt 15y ago
For those not on Mac OS, it pops up a window that shows you all the Dropbox founders (and maybe some other engineers or something) and then sends a message about how they love working on Dropbox, and then some platitudes like "be yourself" and "love thy neighbor"... all animated between scenes, etc. like old Demo Scene stuff.
- loganlinn 15y ago
  Also says something like "shoutout to AAPL GOOG MSFT :)"
  - njonsson 15y ago
    There’s an irreverent wagging tongue in there, too. greetings to AAPL GOOG :) :P :) MSFT Was it prophetic of iCloud and Google Drive??
    - loganlinn 15y ago
      I think so. The whole thing had a very nostalgic feel to it.
- eridius 15y ago
  The animation looks like bog-standard CoreImage effects.
  - devtesla 15y ago
    A good thing, it means that this Easter egg takes up the least amount of space possible :p.
  - sp332 15y ago
    Quit complaining about awesome things built into your OS :)
petercooper 15y ago
It only seems to work once so make sure you wait and watch the animation. I was going to record it to put on YouTube but couldn't make it happen any more times :-(
adamlafave 15y ago
image of the ending: http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5455/screenshot20110930at857.png http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5455/screenshot20110930at857....
pud 15y ago
Here's a video screencast I just made of it: http://youtu.be/Yxz6D83Ljp0?hd=1 http://youtu.be/Yxz6D83Ljp0?hd=1
- kbd 15y ago
  I love the homage to the Win 95 easter egg.
- davidandgoliath 15y ago
  Interesting choice of music Pud -- re: skillet -- https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Skillet_(band) https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Skillet_(band...
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- johnx123-up 15y ago
  Who are these guys, a warez group? :D - gorillasocks Found at above YouTube link:-)
thestoicjester 15y ago
Neat. I'm pretty sure that text at the beginning is a reference to a similar easter egg from an old version of windows (95 maybe?).
- d_r 15y ago
  I remember this as well. Found a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFclEc4sCUo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFclEc4sCUo
jwco 15y ago
Tom Hoover is Drew's fraternity bro, MIT '05 Course 6 classmate, and Bit 9 co-worker prior to Dropbox taking off. He also installed Gentoo on my old laptop so I could take a Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics.
cowperson098 15y ago
Anyone else suddenly reminded of that Windows 95 easter egg?
- WalterGR 15y ago
  Yes, other people were reminded of that. Search the comments for the word "Windows". (Ctrl+F or Apple+F in your web browser.)
  - cowperson098 15y ago
    i sped read gud.
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matth 15y ago
I stumbled upon another well-known Dropbox easter egg last week: http://duzour.tumblr.com/post/10499147971/dropbox-is-so-awesome-i-want-to-marry-it http://duzour.tumblr.com/post/10499147971/dropbox-is-so-awes...
- power78 15y ago
  I hope you don't mean the "grab a snickers" wording. That is not an Easter egg.
kulpreet 15y ago
Looks to me like someone was having a little too much fun playing around with CoreImage effects :)
ckeck 15y ago
Kind of reminds me of the Quake 2 easter egg / hidden room after the final boss (forward to about 2:55) http://youtu.be/xCuTQ0pVQQQ http://youtu.be/xCuTQ0pVQQQ
davidandgoliath 15y ago
Anyone else find it awkward that the post is by a user with no other posts? Releasing your own easter eggs is kind of lame :)
benwerd 15y ago
I find it weird that so many easter eggs turn out to be the credits for a piece of software. Shouldn't that stuff be proudly displayed front and center?

107 points by earbitscom 15y ago

gburt 15y ago

For those not on Mac OS, it pops up a window that shows you all the Dropbox founders (and maybe some other engineers or something) and then sends a message about how they love working on Dropbox, and then some platitudes like "be yourself" and "love thy neighbor"... all animated between scenes, etc. like old Demo Scene stuff.

loganlinn 15y ago
Also says something like "shoutout to AAPL GOOG MSFT :)"
- njonsson 15y ago
  There’s an irreverent wagging tongue in there, too. greetings to AAPL GOOG :) :P :) MSFT Was it prophetic of iCloud and Google Drive??
  - loganlinn 15y ago
    I think so. The whole thing had a very nostalgic feel to it.
eridius 15y ago
The animation looks like bog-standard CoreImage effects.
- devtesla 15y ago
  A good thing, it means that this Easter egg takes up the least amount of space possible :p.
- sp332 15y ago
  Quit complaining about awesome things built into your OS :)

petercooper 15y ago

It only seems to work once so make sure you wait and watch the animation. I was going to record it to put on YouTube but couldn't make it happen any more times :-(

adamlafave 15y ago

image of the ending: http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5455/screenshot20110930at857.png http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5455/screenshot20110930at857....

pud 15y ago

Here's a video screencast I just made of it: http://youtu.be/Yxz6D83Ljp0?hd=1 http://youtu.be/Yxz6D83Ljp0?hd=1

kbd 15y ago
I love the homage to the Win 95 easter egg.
davidandgoliath 15y ago
Interesting choice of music Pud -- re: skillet -- https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Skillet_(band) https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Skillet_(band...
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johnx123-up 15y ago
Who are these guys, a warez group? :D - gorillasocks Found at above YouTube link:-)

thestoicjester 15y ago

Neat. I'm pretty sure that text at the beginning is a reference to a similar easter egg from an old version of windows (95 maybe?).

d_r 15y ago
I remember this as well. Found a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFclEc4sCUo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFclEc4sCUo

jwco 15y ago

Tom Hoover is Drew's fraternity bro, MIT '05 Course 6 classmate, and Bit 9 co-worker prior to Dropbox taking off. He also installed Gentoo on my old laptop so I could take a Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics.

cowperson098 15y ago

Anyone else suddenly reminded of that Windows 95 easter egg?

WalterGR 15y ago
Yes, other people were reminded of that. Search the comments for the word "Windows". (Ctrl+F or Apple+F in your web browser.)
- cowperson098 15y ago
  i sped read gud.
  - deleted 15y ago
    [deleted]

matth 15y ago

I stumbled upon another well-known Dropbox easter egg last week: http://duzour.tumblr.com/post/10499147971/dropbox-is-so-awesome-i-want-to-marry-it http://duzour.tumblr.com/post/10499147971/dropbox-is-so-awes...

power78 15y ago
I hope you don't mean the "grab a snickers" wording. That is not an Easter egg.

kulpreet 15y ago

Looks to me like someone was having a little too much fun playing around with CoreImage effects :)

ckeck 15y ago

Kind of reminds me of the Quake 2 easter egg / hidden room after the final boss (forward to about 2:55) http://youtu.be/xCuTQ0pVQQQ http://youtu.be/xCuTQ0pVQQQ

davidandgoliath 15y ago

Anyone else find it awkward that the post is by a user with no other posts? Releasing your own easter eggs is kind of lame :)

benwerd 15y ago

I find it weird that so many easter eggs turn out to be the credits for a piece of software. Shouldn't that stuff be proudly displayed front and center?