The Onion releases fartscroll.js (theonion.github.io)

Pretty sure this is genius. Finally a .js site that makes sense.

Demo?

This is the most important development of our time. You cannot deny this.

I wonder if putting something like this on a checkout page for Gas-X or anti-diarrheals might actually increase conversions.

This jQuery extension is a breath of fresh air

Can this be considered a code smell?

The sounds are included directly in the JS, which is pretty neat: https://github.com/theonion/fartscroll.js/blob/master/fartsc...

    #logo { background: url(<%= asset_data_uri 'logo.png' %>) }

The Internet is finally useful. Thanks, The Onion!

On a side note, I can't be the only one trying to memorize the embedded Base64 representations of fart mp3s, can I? That would kill at parties.

Now I am no longer the only one that makes fart noises as they scroll!

this is how you get your kid jnto programmig

The Onion.

That is all!

Brilliant. Thanks HTML5

Jokes aside, I see this extension being used in one of those "causes" pages (not that I am against them) that parody the wrongdoings of an individual or groups of individual.

e.g. a site that features an oil company, who lobbies governments to give them tax subsidies for sketchy oil drilling projects. As the user scrolls through each bad points about the oil company, a fart sound is played.

Just my thought.

This could actually prove to be useful (aside from the comedic value, and learning exercise). I'll test to see if playing audio offers will make a difference in conversions. One thing for sure, my girls will love playing around with it. :D

http://pullmyfinger.com is taken. ):

My visit duration to the fartscroll page was increased by about 1000% because of this plugin.

I normally would have clicked away long ago, but now I find myself wanting to just leave it open in a side tab all day long.

All of the fart apps in the App Store are now ready for that transition from native to multi-platform web based applications.

Add your own sounds.

http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp

Lets put this into a bookmarklet :P

am I the only one thinking of combining this and the konami code JS for a great easter egg implementation?

awkward moment looking at this whilst interviewing an intern

See, now I just want to make a virus that injects this into random webpages.

People laughed when it was said that perhaps The Onion could save Journalism.

Who's laughing now, eh!?

Now all we are missing is a Chrome Extension that automatically injects this in every page and stays hidden. Perfect office prank :)

This would be perfectly suited on any Magento website, especially magentocommerce.com

The best part of this entire thing may be that in "Issues", there is a pull request for "My Finger".