Hi: Yep, it's true. If you don't believe me you can go right here: http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig/US/VA/Front_Royal.gif I found this big gizmotimetemp displayed as though it were an ordinary image on a web page. I checked out the source and investigated further. This is one of the most interesting animated gifs I have ever seen. How do they do that? BTW, I have observed some very curious features about the big gizmotimetemp. For one thing it is a clock, but it becomes a static clock as of the time you go there. It is not a "ticking" clock. So far I have not been able to observe the time and temperature to change if I return to the same URL unless I delete this curious animated gif image from my cache directory. This is proof that Arachne will reload the same old image every time you go to the same URL if it finds an image by the same name in the cache directory. BTW, I have discovered that the time displayed on the big gizmotimetemp is my local time, not your computer's system time. Another curious thing I have noticed about the big gizmotimetemp is that it behaves differently under Internet Explorer, version 3.02. If I revisit the same URL during the same session with MSIE, the time and temperature display remains static, and the same as when I went there the first time. Upon returning to the same URL in a subsequent session with MSIE, the display returns current data. This seems to indicate that MSIE will delete images from its cache directory at the close of each session. Arachne, on the other hand, will retain and re-use the same images in the cache directory. If you have a big gizmotimetemp in a town near you it would be a cool thing to add to your sig. Do you already have a big gizmotimetemp in a town near you? You all keep real cool this winter now, and remember to check on your big gizmotimetemp frequently. It's a great way to chill out! Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
