I received several inquiries when the original Watcher applet
(The Eyes Have It) was nominated for The Java Centre's Golden Duke
award. All were very welcome, and most asked for their own copy of
the Watcher applet. Quite why people wanted a picture of me on their
web pages remains imponderable...
I resolved that, if I won the award, I would:-
create a customisable version of Watcher that people could use
with their own pictures, and
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provide a ready-made Watcher package with an attractive and
interesting picture (hence the owl, courtesy of Ryan Shaw).
I recommend the owl especially. If you try the DIY kit, why not email
your pic and accompanying html to me. If it is of Gallery standard,
let me know how you want it acknowledged: name, email link, website
link, or whatever. Have you clicked and dragged on the small Watcher
above?
What Watcher Does...-
The eyes move when you click and drag on the applet.
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The eyes bounce when you release the mouse button.
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The eyes go crossed when the pointer is dragged between them.
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The applet title + credit appears when a key is pressed after
the mouse has been clicked on the applet (the small Watcher above
is too small to display these fully).
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The Watcher version number appears in the browser's status bar if
the key pressed after a mouseclick is "V".
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