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

["David B. Kronenfeld" kfeld@xxxxxxxx]

I notice that there is an applet named "poolmenu" running while the ripples
in a pool effect is showing. Presumably that suggests that it is on
purpose and planned. Whether it is well programmed or not...beyond me !

                David Kronenfeld

At 12:41 PM 1/15/02 -0800, you wrote:
> 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


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