Re: Off topic: Online Store | Weird page design effect

["J. R. Fox" jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

Carl Distefano wrote:

> > {If you want to see something pretty neat, go to
> > http://www.computergiants.com and pass your mouse cursor
> > over their logo in the upper left corner of the screen. I have
> > no idea how (or WHY) they are producing this effect,
>
> An ill-behaved Java applet that kept running (and eating up virtual
> memory) long after I left the page. Probably written by a high
> school student, or someone who mentally never left h.s. What, if
> anything, this says about the company, I leave to you to decide.
> (Nifty effect, though!)

Hmmm . . . did you mean that that "rippling water" effect was simply
*accidental*, the result of a poorly written Java app. ? Intended or
not,
I don't recall seeing anything quite like that before.

Maybe that ill-behavior had something to do with NS 4.61 crashing
when I tried to print out a page of product specs.

Jordan