virtig01 regularly churns out a new applet on a occasional basis. There is a free version available for every applet; many have full-featured Pro versions for commercial use. If you don't know what an applet is, find out.

  virtig01 has been and will be rereleasing older applets as open source under the GPL, to benefit beginning Java programmers.

  There are several categories to choose from, although Image Effects seem to be the most popular. Top Picks: Shimmer, GooSiteSearch, and ChompText.

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  The Latest - Flow

Text & Image Effects

• BIText 1.0 - A technoish text effect. 2001.06.25
• ChompText 1.02- Got text? ChompMan eats it. 2001.02.03 | 2000.11.14
• Flow 1.0 - Allows your images to flow with water, lava, or whatever. Go with the Flow! 2001.07.29
• Shimmer 1.0a - Gives a GIF image a very cool shimmer effect. 2001.03.10 | 2001.02.10
• ShadowText 1.1 - Drops a shadow behind text. GPL'd. 2001.07.02 | 2000.04.30

Net-Nacks

• EndOfDays 1.2a - Counts down the time until the End of the World. 2001.10.30 | 2000.05.13

Website utilities

• ChainLinked 1.0 - Gets you free advertising and hits. 2001.01.05
• GooSiteSearch 1.0 - A search box for your website. It's small, fast, and uses Google! 2001.04.14
• DownTime 1.4 - Calculates file download times for various connection speeds. GPL'd. 2000.04.18
• Seasonal Logo Changer 1.01 - Displays the appropriate logo according to the current season. 2000.07.12