Colorful applets with source code and a comprehensive description of the applet parameters. The applets are written in "pure Java 1.0" and thus available problem-free on all Java enabled browsers. All applets may be used for private and commercial purposes freely.

The applet Metamorphose is a small viewer for panorama pictures. Here it shows the woodcut "Metamorphose II" from M.C. Escher. A small, universally applicable PictureButton with a lot of features. The applet TickerLine is a compact, one line news ticker. The characters are created using bitmap fonts, allowing you to create your own font.

Animations does not always require the use of Java. GIF animations are the easiest way to create animated figures and solids.

Platonic solids are perfect regular solids with the following conditions: all sides are equal and all angles are the same and all the faces are identical. Here you can find the five platonic solids (tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron) as animated GIF's.

About seventy light background patterns for web sites. You can create sample pages with colored text and pictures for all patterns.

Volume 1 - Paper, paper and paper again Volume 2 - Canvas, wallpaper, cardboard and Japanese paper Volume 3 - Structure paper Volume 4 - Traditional Japanese pattern (templates and names by Aki Asuwa)

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