January 31, 2007

Make Text Come Out Backwards!

This is a very little known secret, but there is a special character that causes browsers to reverse the text it encounters. This feature exists so that right-to-left languages can be displayed, but it can be applied to languages like English!. This character is displayed by typing ‮ at the beginning of a sentence block. Here is a sample:

Source:

‮Wow, is it all backwards?

Comes out as:

‮Wow, is it all backwards?

Pretty neat huh? To see this in action, visit Google Loco with Firefox. Google Loco will use JavaScript to add this special character as the first character of the search term box. It is mostly invisible in regular browsers, although it can cause a strange square or space to appear at times.

Filed under: Javascript — Michi @ 2:54 am

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  1. ‮Cool!

    Comment by Jason — February 26, 2007 @ 11:04 am

  2. ‮It works now! (:þ)(:þ)

    Comment by Jason — February 26, 2007 @ 11:06 am

  3. ‮THIS IS AWESOME LOOL

    Comment by ‮WOOT! — February 26, 2007 @ 7:01 pm

  4. ‮Apparently it doesn’t work on myspace.

    Comment by J DIZZLE — April 11, 2007 @ 9:16 pm

  5. ‮hi

    Comment by combla — April 22, 2007 @ 9:14 am

  6. ‮this is just weird lol…

    Comment by combla — April 22, 2007 @ 9:14 am

  7. ‮:O papaaa

    Comment by a — July 23, 2007 @ 1:07 pm

  8. i love chase

    Comment by madison — July 30, 2007 @ 3:28 pm

  9. ‮Wow, is it all backwards?

    Comment by adfsdf — August 15, 2007 @ 9:27 pm

  10. ‮what the hell

    Comment by sam — August 28, 2007 @ 3:16 pm

  11. ‮Wow, is it all backwards? oppositeday.net

    Comment by synide — October 24, 2007 @ 6:16 pm

  12. ‮leaLEALea

    Comment by lluuugooo — October 25, 2007 @ 4:31 pm

  13. ‮ N N N N

    Comment by bob — October 29, 2007 @ 2:26 pm

  14. ‮N N N N

    Comment by bob — October 29, 2007 @ 2:28 pm

  15. ‮hello test

    Comment by L — December 12, 2007 @ 5:12 am

  16. ‮huh does it work?

    Comment by Dalton — January 7, 2008 @ 7:28 pm

  17. ‮DALTON!

    Comment by Roger — January 7, 2008 @ 7:29 pm

  18. ‮ I bet this doesn’t work. >>

    Comment by A Nonny Mouse — January 27, 2008 @ 12:54 am

  19. you owe me money.

    Comment by Michi — January 27, 2008 @ 5:37 am

  20. Hickox Warner

    Comment by Hannah — March 10, 2008 @ 1:28 pm

  21. ‮Hickox ‮Warner

    Comment by Hannah — March 10, 2008 @ 1:28 pm

  22. ‮Hickox

    Comment by Hannah — March 10, 2008 @ 1:29 pm

  23. &#8238 Holla

    Comment by rawr — March 10, 2008 @ 7:21 pm

  24. &#8238Gah stupid piece of shit.

    Comment by rawr — March 10, 2008 @ 7:22 pm

  25. shit ‮shit

    Comment by SSS — March 15, 2008 @ 4:46 pm

  26. ‮For real?

    Comment by sadasadawdf — March 20, 2008 @ 2:04 am

  27. ‮hahaha nice 1…

    Comment by sss — March 22, 2008 @ 9:34 pm

  28. ‮wtf?!!?!?

    Comment by poop — March 27, 2008 @ 9:18 pm

  29. ‮hat

    Comment by lana — March 29, 2008 @ 12:08 pm

  30. ‮Wow, is it all backwards?

    Comment by testingman — June 2, 2008 @ 7:49 am

  31. *٭‮testingdddddddd*

    Comment by poopmanjoe — June 2, 2008 @ 8:28 am

  32. ‮I’VE BEEN DAZZLED…
    BY
    Edward Cullen
    JOIN THE DARK SIDE
    …
    WE HAVE COOKIES…
    VAMPIRES…
    Edward Cullen

    Comment by Gugz — June 27, 2008 @ 9:11 am

  33. ‮I’VE BEEN DAZZLED
    …

    ‮BY
    ‮Edward Cullen

    ‮JOIN THE DARK SIDE
    …

    ‮WE HAVE COOKIES…
    ‮VAMPIRES…
    ‮Edward Cullen

    Comment by Gugz — June 27, 2008 @ 9:12 am

  34. ‮kcuf ouY

    Comment by ‮uoy etah I — July 5, 2008 @ 9:56 am

  35. R

    Comment by amarpreet — July 12, 2008 @ 5:27 am

  36. ‮ will it turn this 𝄡

    Comment by glenn — July 26, 2008 @ 10:37 am

  37. &#8238 Thannnkss!

    Comment by Timmy — August 2, 2008 @ 10:41 am

  38. ‮can you hear me now?

    Comment by ‮cool — August 12, 2008 @ 4:46 pm

  39. ‮FREQUENTLY SIDEWAYS

    Comment by woop — September 6, 2008 @ 11:23 pm

  40. ‮wat

    Comment by ‮ — September 8, 2008 @ 3:40 pm

  41. ‮ Wow! This is cool!
    Hey, this is soooooooooooooooooooo awesome!
    You gotta take time to try and read this comment. Hahahahahahahhahahahaha. Mwahhahahhahaahahaaahahahhahahahahhhhhhhhhhhh

    Comment by Link — September 18, 2008 @ 7:29 pm

  42. it doent work on microsoft word

    Comment by tanya — September 28, 2008 @ 3:12 pm

  43. ‮ Ms. Cullen

    Comment by meghan — November 10, 2008 @ 12:39 pm

  44. ‮ special chars!wtf

    Comment by ‮m00t — December 3, 2008 @ 10:10 pm

  45. ‮hola chico.

    Comment by olga — December 4, 2008 @ 2:44 pm

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