The End of Summer

[jscheuer1]

With the end of summer fast approaching in the northern latitudes, and is the custom in many locations therein:

http://home.comcast.net/~jscheuer1/side/fireworks.htm

[tech_support]

That's a very nice script.
Except, once the stars has exploded, it goes a bit to the left and right.

[tech_support]

Ah. So jerky fireworks it is?

[jscheuer1]

[djr33]

Ha, I like it. But I hit select all (for no reason in particular) and I couldn't ever get them deselected... that was weird

Safari/FF mac approved.

[techno_race]

Ha, I like it. But I hit select all (for no reason in particular) and I couldn't ever get them deselected... that was weird

Ha, yeah. I was able to deselect them by disabling CSS and then reenabling CSS in Firefox using the Firefox Buttons extension.

Maybe you could write a script to, every now and then, put that in a random place on the screen.

[jscheuer1]

I hit select all (for no reason in particular) and I couldn't ever get them deselected

Just clicking once on the page in any empty area should deselect in any browser. For those that don't work as expected with this or any other page, press F5.

I've often thought that the edit menu in browsers should include 'select nothing', 'clear selection', or 'select none'. But, very few programmers listen to me these days.

Maybe you could write a script to, every now and then, put that (sic: animated firework .gif image) in a random place on the screen.

It would look odd on any but a black background and would obscure stuff on any background. I do have a version of that image that has a transparent background, which would give it slightly more flexibility, but not as much as one might think.

To all: Hit F11 for full screen fireworks.

[Twey]

I do have a version of that image that has a transparent background, which would give it slightly more flexibility, but not as much as one might think.

Alpha PNG perhaps?

[jscheuer1]

Alpha PNG perhaps?

I think that is coming. However, at the present time, unless I am mistaken, support in browsers for animated alpha opacity .png images is non-existent, or very limited, let alone support in image processing applications, which I am hopeful is slightly better.

[Twey]

You could build the animation into the JS. Not pretty, but it'd work.