Meet Google FAN
Quick Facts
- Summary
- Ever wondered just how crazy a true Google FAN can get? Meet the real Google FAN!
- Creator
- elgooG,
Rafael González - Launched
- 2021
- Status
- Available on elgooG
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How It Was Made
The Core Idea
Google FAN plays on the two meanings of “fan”: an admirer and an electric appliance. It presents a desk fan in Google’s colors as an interactive browser experiment.
The controls reveal the fan’s behavior, including an additional mode unlocked by a particular switch combination.
Inspiration and Development
The page is based on Rafael González’s Pure CSS Fan, a desk fan drawn and animated with CSS, the language used to style web pages. This adaptation adds Google-inspired colors, sound, and a hidden animation mode.
The Easter Egg Experience
What Stands Out
Three switches sit below the fan. “Power” starts or stops the blades, “Oscillation” swings the head from side to side, and “High speed” makes the blades spin faster.
Leave all three on for about three seconds and an “I'm Feeling Crazy!” button appears. It switches the fan into an extra animation that can send it sliding, flipping, or spinning.
How It Works
The blades and the side-to-side swing have separate switches, so you can stop the blades while the head keeps moving. Crazy mode becomes available when “Power”, “Oscillation”, and “High speed” are all on.
This is a visual toy, with no score or puzzle to solve.
How to Try It
- Click the button above to meet Google FAN.
- Try “Power”, “Oscillation” (the side-to-side swing), and “High speed”.
- Turn all three on and wait about three seconds for “I'm Feeling Crazy!” to appear.
- Click “I'm Feeling Crazy!” to start an extra animation. Click it again to return to the normal swing.
Google FAN is an independent experiment based on wordplay, with controls modeled on a desk fan.
It was not released by Google. Its starting point is Rafael González’s CSS project, adapted here with additional styling and interactions.
Final Thoughts
With red, yellow, green, and blue blades, this Google fan takes its name literally — right down to the switches on its base.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is Google FAN?
Google FAN is an unofficial Easter egg on this website, built around a word joke: a “Google fan” becomes a real, Google-colored desk fan.
The controls adjust its power, oscillation, and speed. Enabling all three reveals a button for an additional animation.
How do I use Google FAN?
Click the button above, then try the three switches under the fan. “Power” starts or stops the blades, “Oscillation” swings the head from side to side, and “High speed” makes the blades spin faster.
The first time you open it, “Power” and “Oscillation” are already on. Turn on “High speed” and wait about three seconds to reveal the extra button.
What is the “I'm Feeling Crazy!” button?
Leave “Power”, “Oscillation”, and “High speed” all switched on for about three seconds. The “I'm Feeling Crazy!” button appears below them.
Click it to start crazy mode. The FAN chooses a surprise move, such as sliding, flipping, or spinning, and keeps repeating it. Click the button again to return to the normal swing.