by Richard Wendt
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.neosoft.com/~wendt/XmasTree/XmasTree.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Simple Christmas card that changes slightly every hour.
This applet requires Netscape 2.03 beta or higher or the JDK appletviewer-it will crash Netscape 2.02 beta. When it's working correctly, you'll see sparkling lights on a Christmas tree, moving clouds, and other animated seasonal stuff.
by Jan Andersson
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.algonet.se/~jannea/java/ChristmasCard.html
Load Time: Medium Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: ChristmasCard-Christmas Card applet.
One of many Christmas applets on the Gamelan directory-Animated Christmas Card, Happy Holidays, and Toys for Tots (all this section). Also see Advent Calendar Animation (Utilities: Calendars) and MultiScrollClass Animator (Special Effects: Other Special Effects Resources).
by Carl Haynes/Starwave
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://family.starwave.com/funstuff/scrapbook/easter
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Sure, the Easter Bunny's cute and he's got brand equity, but let's face it. He's just a rabbit. Frankly, we think the Beast of Spring gene pool could use a shot in the arm. So we've devised a mechanism that will help you create your own Chocolate Delivery Specialist.
Family-oriented fun. Design your own beast using four body-part component selectors or click the Random button to see what turns up. Species names, descriptions, and the occasional mating call are also at hand.
by Jym Barnes
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.stl.net/chris.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: The Joys of the Holidays!
Ho ho ho. For a different set of Christmas lights, visit the Animated Christmas Card (this section).
by Matthew Cobby
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.spd.eee.strath.ac.uk
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: A Christmas card written in Java.
Other Christmas resources on the Gamelan directory include Advent Calendar Animation (Utilities: Calendars), MultiScrollClass Animator (Special Effects: Other Special Effects Resources), and Animated Christmas Card, ChristmasCard, Happy Holidays, and Toys for Tots (all this section).
by Perfect Present Picker
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://perfect.presentpicker.com/memory/memory.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: A well-known game.
After you play the Memory Game, check out the Perfect Present Picker too-the Picker is not holiday specific. See also Igor's JavaScript Memory Game (JavaScript: Games) for the nonholiday version.
by Promindo Global Internet
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.promindo.com/greetings
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: A service provided by Promindo Global Internet for Internetters to send a nice multimedia happy birthday card to friends and relatives. Great animation and song!
Select the image, type in the text and addresses, and send the card-the two birthday choices are animated and come accompanied by sound. The recipient is notified via e-mail with a retrieval key number which they use at this site to get their card.
by The United States Marine Corps
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.mantiscorp.com/toys
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: United States Marines' Toys for Tots Foundation announces global access to the public service via the World Wide Web, featuring electronic greeting cards visitors can personalize and send through their computer to be converted into a traditional card and delivered to children in need during the Christmas season.
In addition to making a needy child's Christmas bright by giving toys, you can also send an electronic Christmas card. At other times of the year, send electronic cards via the Multimedia Postcard applet (this section).
by Milan Krajnak
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.sanet.sk/~milan/JAVA/gr.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: We try to make available the access statistics of our Web server. Every day the PERL script generates an output file from the access log and the applet computes the current percentage values for each domain.
Access each month's server statistics from September 1995 through July 1996. No source or other information on the applet itself is available.
by David Nicol
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.orbital.co.uk/beta/adSpace
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Advertising Space applet-loops through a set of images, each image can have an associated URL with it. When the image is clicked on it goes to the appropriate URL.
Other billboard resources on the Gamelan directory Carousel (Programming: User Interfaces), Interactive Rayshaded Live 3D Cube Logo (Multimedia: Graphics Resources), ImageMap in Java (Special Effects: Imagemaps), MagnaBoard (Special Effects: Text), and Advertisement Panel, Dynamic Billboard, and WApp (all Special Effects: Other Special Effects Resources).
by Timothy Macinta
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.mit.edu/people/twm/stupid.Naked.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: This applet can be used to verify that a user is at least 18 years of age. It compares your identity (entered in your Netscape preferences) against a government database to ensure that you are not a minor.
Note: Sense of humor and appreciation of context is definitely required.
by Thierry Janaudy
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www_eleve.fr/~janaudy/2000.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Number of seconds to reach the year 2000.
There's the counter ticking down, and the rest is in French. Other countdown resources on the Gamelan directory Countdown Clock (Utilities: Clocks) and CTCS Countdown Clock (this section).
by Steven Hugg
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.radix.net/~lss/applelet/Applelet.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: The first (I believe) Apple emulator written in Java! Don't expect blazing performance, however....
Report your findings to the author, especially if you get a speed above 1,000,000 cycles/sec. Also see the list of things to do, and other Macintosh-specific resources on the Gamelan directory: Apple Flavored Java (Web Sites: Home Pages) and Meta-Web's Mac Java (Web Sites: Other Web Site Resources).
by Jan Andersson
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.alognet.se/~jannea/AutoLoadUrl.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: An applet that can be used to auto-load an URL. Main purpose is to provide a way to auto-load an URL with Java-enabled features, if running from a Java-enabled browser.
This applet's function is fairly self-explanatory-all that's available on the applet page is the source and some "typical" HTML.
by Kulturbox GmbH
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.kulturbox.de/berlininfo
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Interaktiver Stadtplan von Berlin-Interactive online city map of Berlin (in German only).
Okay, here's an approximate English translation-the link to the actual map reads "Links Auf den Stadtplandienst," and the map itself is about halfway down this page. Click a particular region on the map to zoom in for a closer look. Various landmarks and other points of interest are indicated by name.
by Dan Corley Superior Software
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.jot.com/bio
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: A Biorythm applet. Displays a graph of your emotional, physical, and intellectual potential based on your birthdate.
This biorhythm differs from Java Rythm (this section) and Biorhythm (JavaScript: Other JavaScript Resources) in that you can enter the span of time you want the chart to cover. And the source is included.
by William Kelley
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.sensenet.com/staff/wtk/bleeper
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: The censorship applet. Don't let the right of free speech ruin your Internet experience.
Go on, tell the man in colorful language what you think of his bleeping applet. Then check out Free the Net (this section).
by Alan Steremberg and Christopher Schwerzler
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/javaweather
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: The Blue Skies provides interactive weather maps that are updated hourly. Each map contains a weather image (e.g. radar map with fronts, satellite image, etc.) in which all textual information on current conditions and forecasts is embedded. There are cities plotted throughout the map, and as the computer mouse passes over the cities, the current conditions (temperature, wind direction and speed, etc.) are shown on a status bar.
Choose from eight maps and position the cursor on a city to get general information, or click the city itself for a detailed three-day forecast including special weather conditions, statewide weather prognostications, and more. Other weather-related resources on the Gamelan directory include Weather Forecast for the Next 12 Hours (Multimedia: Graphics Resources), The Latest Weather (Education: Other Educational Resources), Satellite Animation (Multimedia: Animation), and Atlantic Hurricane Tracking (Web Sites: Commercial).
by Dave Fletcher
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.tezcat.com/~fletch/daBulls
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: A real headliner.
A nifty piece of celebratory animation. If you're in a basketball frame of mind, check out Individual Win/Loss Calculator (JavaScript: Calculators), and Journal of Basketball Studies (News: Other News Resources).
by Sebastian Jacobs
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.amarillis.com/personal/sebas/sebas.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Links to search engines and other cool sites.
Lots of links plus a little Spanish.
by Thomas Wendt
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb16/ipm/mt/java/javae.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: This applet calls a simple script located at the server which increments and outputs one of some counters. So you save the server's resources and as well as transmission capacity, because only small amounts of data must be transferred. Script, counter, colors, size, and framing text are easy, free and configurable.
A couple of different applets including a counter, but there are also some forms and an animated pointing New button.
by Thomas Carlson
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.ncsc.dni.us/ctc5/java/Countdown.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Counts down the second until the Fifth National Court Technology Conference in September, 1997.
Other countdown applets on the Gamelan directory include An 2000-Countdown (this section), and Countdown Clock (Utilities: Clocks).
by Timothy Arnold
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.well.com/uer/yimmit/cgi
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Submit form-and smash Duke!
Can't stand Duke? Crush him by filling out the guest book and clicking Submit, or cut to the chase and click the asterisk button. A simple way to take out your agressions. Other resources on the Gamelan directory featuring Duke include WhatIf (this section), Streaming Animation Player (Multimedia: Animation), An Animated Under Construction Sign (with Audio) (Special Effects: Other Special Effects Resources), and Swirly Duke! (Special Effects: Other Special Effects Resources).
by Daniel Ockeloen
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.vpro.nl/interaktief/java/beta/dns/dns.html
Load Time: Medium Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: DNS is a test version to show the difference between Java and non-Java site navigation.
Another Java/non-Java comparative applet is at the top of the Animation Page.
by Peter Parnes
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.cdt.luth.se/~peppar/FtpUsersApplet.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: This applet shows the current number of FTP users at ftp.luth.se and maximum users since the last reboot.
There are alpha, beta, and Netscape-friendly versions of this applet at this URL, all with available source code.
by Brian DSC Inc.
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.dscnet.com/furl/furl_prog.htm
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Furl will let the user frame up to four URLs into one Web browser. You can also target four different URLs. This site uses JavaScript and cookies. Lets you surf in four different places at once.
Other search and surfing aids on the Gamelan directory Channel Surfer (JavaScript: Other JavaScript Resources) Webroute 66 (JavaScript: Search), Ultra Nav (Miscellaneous: Other Miscellaneous Resources), Surf-o-matic (this section), Avenue Search (JavaScript: Search), Bingo! (Utilities: Other Utilities), CompuLink Services (Utilities: Other Utilities), Surf Tool 1.0 (JavaScript: Search), and The Watcher (Network and Communications: Other Network and Communications Resources).
by Greg Wilkins
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mortbay/IssueTracker/WWW/IssueTracker/about.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Issue tracking application written in Java. Provides an HTTP server that serves forms and requests about issues, defects, enhancements, etc.
Lots of helpful information on this page, including links to the source and compressed class files, a list of individual features, and other stuff.
by Adam Doppelt
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/amd/java/jar
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: A class to store multiple byte arrays, similar to a tar file. This page includes an example of a modified Animator class that uses Jarchives so that it needs to load only one Jarchive instead of ten separate GIFs.
Have a look at all the class and other files on this page and take your pick-they're all available for the taking.
by Arjan Van de Ven
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~arjan/javaeyes.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: This applet is a basic eyes "application" written in Java. You can poke eyes, the eyes go to sleep when the house leaves the applet.
The author notes that sometimes the server goes down, so it may take a couple of tries to access this page. Source code and class files are both available. Other eyes resources on the Gamelan directory include Eyes (Web Sites: Home Pages) and Mona Lisa Nixon (this section).
by Andrew Wick
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://maps.purple.org/map
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: A very simple geographical mapping interface with lots of potential.
A world map applet with customizable accuracy levels, views, and latitude/longitude. This applet worked fine on the Windows 95 testing platform but crashed the Macintosh-there are considerable pauses between commands, but this map will allow you to zoom in on particular cities, rivers, and other larger landmarks.
by Lee Walton
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.csss.com/javarythm.htm
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Interested in biorhythms? Then this is the applet for you!
Gives you your day's physical, intellectual, and emotional biorhythm-for an extended forecast see include Biorythm (this section) and Biorhythm (JavaScript: Other JavaScript Resources).
by Jeff Scuba
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://java1.sdsc.edu/~cs190
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Applet to monitor computer lab usage.
A cool, useful applet for anybody keeping track of computer usage.
by Karl Hornell
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.tdb.uu.se/~karl/java/frog.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: This is basically an animated Web page decoration, featuring a fly-eating frog.
Yummy. Source code and image data is included.
by Parag Batavia
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://e9.ius.cs.edu/~parag/java/intersect/path.html
Load Time: Medium Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: A simple demo of brute force line intersection routine. Source code is included.
Draw up to 100 lines by click-and-dragging your mouse-this applet will compute the intersection points and place a dot to mark them.
by Stan Duffy
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.systex.com/stan/java/demos/modem.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: This applet is basically a simulated modem display.
Just a line of "blinking" green and red lights. And the source code. And that's it.
by Johan W. van der Hoeven
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.rosebud.com/rb/art/mona/nixon.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Mona Lisa Nixon, a Monty Pythonesque multimedia applet. Uses animation, sound.
If this weird use of Java interests you, perhaps you'd also better check Johan Magic Marker Hack (Art and Entertainment: Other Art and Entertainment Resources) where you can corrupt this fine painting with drawing tools.
by Orbital Technologies Ltd.
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.virtual-inn.co.uk/orbital/beta/noPoint
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Presentation applet. Allows you to build up a set of slides which can include text, images, and audio. Also supports a rolling demo mode.
Features include support for different font sizes, images as slides and backgrounds, and audio between and during slides.
by c|net
Contact Info: via Website
URL: http://www.cnet.com
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: We've made it easy to find the system that's right for you. Just dial in your preferences using the five sliders, click on the home or business radio buttons, and press submit. We'll crunch through more than 200 factors that c|net labs evaluated to find the machines that stand out and plot the results for you. You can click on any machine to see a full review.
This applet will help you find the right PC for home or business use based on your criteria-adjust the five sliders to reflect your preferences for Performance; Software Bundle; Setup and Ergonomics; Components and Features; and Price, and PC Scoreboard will present you with your choices. Very handy and cool, though (logically) not for the Mac. Other hardware/software selection resources on the Gamelan directory include PC Scoreboard (Miscellaneous: Other Miscellaneous Resources) and HTML Editor Selection Helper (Utilities: Other Utilities). For comparison, also check out CaffeineMark 2.01 (Utilities: Other Utilities), Sieve Benchmark (Utilities: Other Utilities) and Javaperf (Web Sites: Other Web Site Resources).
by Micah Silverman
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://weejee.scifi.com
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: The SciFi Virtual WeeJee Board is here! This uses nifty features of Java such as socket connections, overloading methods, and mouse rollovers. Watch for multiuser WeeJee Board coming soon.
Nice graphics and use of JavaScript's capabilities. Click the board once, think of a question, and wait for an answer to manifest itself.
by Harm Verbeek
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.pi.net/~hverbeek/server_gis.html
Load Time: Medium Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Geographic information system (under construction).
This looks like it wants to be a map of Amsterdam (though this is only a guess, mind you, deduced from the fact that the neighborhoods mentioned on the Pick List have Dutch names). It also looks like the author intends this map to be searchable by population information (age/sex/income, etc.), but at this writing, this applet's not complete enough to know what the heck he's up to. Other city planning/layout resources on the Gamelan directory include Berlininfo (Miscellaneous: Other Miscellaneous Resources), Virtual Boston (Miscellaneous: Other Miscellaneous Resources), WebRoute (Education: Computer Science), and Map Searcher Demo Page (Special Effects: Imagemaps).
by Andrew Skowronski
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~skow/java/quiz.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: A fun little multiple choice quiz on the subject of ska music. An example of how interactive educationl software can be incorporated into the Web.
Fans of Bob Marley, The Specials, and English Beat, test your music knowledge with a click of the mouse. The JavaScript keeps track of your score and gives you the right answer.
by Patrick Chan
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.xeo.com
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Are you spending too much time wasting time? Try Surf-o-matic! In just seconds, you'll be wasting time more efficiently than you could ever imagine. Surf-o-matic lets you surf the net randomly and automatically. Surf-o-matic delays an amount of time you set and then shows a random page on the net. Just sit back and enjoy the show.
Read the usage instructions before diving in to surf. Other search and surfing aids on the Gamelan directory include Furl It (Miscellaneous: Other Miscellaneous Resources), Channel Surfer (JavaScript: Other JavaScript Resources) Webroute 66 (JavaScript: Search), Ultra Nav (this section), Avenue Search (JavaScript: Search), Bingo! (Utilities: Other Utilities), CompuLink Services (Utilities: Other Utilities), Surf Tool 1.0 (JavaScript: Search), and The Watcher (Network and Communications: Other Network and Communications Resources).
by Louis Ng
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.blackdown.org/~khng
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: This applet is essentially simulating what would happen if a taxi operating computer service received GPS information of a taxi fleet (in this case three taxis) and used automated path search to help to allocate the fleet to taxi service requests.
Read all the instructions on the main page before linking to the demo, or the button bar at the top of the map won't make any sense.
by Fwu-Shan Shieh
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~fwushan/Hanoi1.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: This is a simulation for the Towers of Hanoi. The number of disks can be set from 3 to 10. The delay time between each movement can be set from 10ms to 10s. This allows you to move disks by yourself.
Different from the Multithreaded Towers of Hanoi with Air Traffic Control (Programming: Examples) in that you don't see the disks moving through the air (though the applet writes out every move below the towers) and you can solve the puzzle yourself.
by Joe Weber
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.magnastar.com/ultra_nav
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: A directory structure-like navigation tool.
This first-version navigation tool does not come with any obvious instructions on how to add or eliminate items from the directory. Other search and surfing aids on the Gamelan directory include Furl It (Miscellaneous: Other Miscellaneous Resources), Channel Surfer (JavaScript: Other JavaScript Resources), Webroute 66 (JavaScript: Search), Surf-o-matic (this section), Avenue Search (JavaScript: Search), Bingo! (Utilities: Other Utilities), CompuLink Services (Utilities: Other Utilities), Surf Tool 1.0 (JavaScript: Search), and The Watcher (Network and Communications: Other Network and Communications Resources).
by Edward Wang and Tony Ng
Contact Info: [email protected], [email protected]
URL: http://www/pmg.lcs.mit.edu/~ng/Map
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Interactive map of metro Boston area. Supports navigation, zooming, and hyperlinks to various resources around Boston.
Absolutely invaluable-this applet displays Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline, MA, in detail down to each street and popular landmark. The hotels, restaurants, shops, and other designated places in blue link to home pages, some with related links on jobs, weather, and other less touristy city information. Other city planning/layout resources on the Gamelan directory include Berlininfo and send2cgi.class (both this section), WebRoute (Education: Computer Science), and Map Searcher Demo Page (Special Effects: Imagemaps).
by Arthur van Hoff
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.javasoft.com/applets/applets/wave
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Plots the sum of two sine waves.
Other sine waves resources on the Gamelan directory Sine Animation (Special Effects: Other Special Effects Resources) and Sine Wave Scroll + Sprites (Special Effects: Text).
by InfoWare Pty Ltd.
Contact Info: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~evt/Contact.html
URL: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~evt/java/WhatIf.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Enter six of your lucky numbers raning from 1 to 45. Press the Start key to see how much money you could have won had you entered your six lucky numbers into Lotto for the past two years. Press the Reset button to do another calculation.
Plug in your lucky numbers and watch Duke somersault for joy over the size of your would-be winning jackpot. Other resources on the Gamelan directory featuring Duke include Demented CGI Form (this section), Streaming Animation Player (Multimedia: Animation), An Animated Under Construction Sign (with Audio) (Special Effects: Other Special Effects Resources) and Swirly Duke! (Special Effects: Other Special Effects Resources).
by MultiMania Production S.A.
Contact Info: Use mail link on site
URL: http://www.mmania.com
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: This applet shows you pictures of new articles with a few lines about them. By clicking the applet, you'll jump to the current article. The applet is fully multithreaded and aims at an easier reading comfort. The idea is to improve interfaces with applets.
A simple navigation applet. At this writing, what's new is a somewhat implausible match between Princess Diana and rock-n-roller Johnny Haliday.
by Omar Siliceo
Contact Info: [email protected]
URL: http://www.acm.org/~ops/java.htm
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: The W3vl/Java is a collection of pointers to various Java reference materials, developer resources, sample applications, and related events.
Other items on the table of contents include a collection of selected example applets.