HTML and JavaScript

Post stuff about HTML and JavaScript here.

<script language="Javascript1.2">
var no = 33;
var speed = 5;
var snowflake = "starflash.gif";
var ns4up = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0;
var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
var dx, xp, yp;
var am, stx, sty;
var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600;
if (ns4up) {
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
} else if (ie4up) {
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx = new Array();
xp = new Array();
yp = new Array();
am = new Array();
stx = new Array();
sty = new Array();
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
dx[i] = 0;
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);
yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
am[i] = Math.random()*20;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
if (ns4up) {
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" ");
document.write("top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
} else {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" ");
document.write("top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
}
} else if (ie4up) {
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: ");
document.write("absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: ");
document.write("visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
} else {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: ");
document.write("absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: ");
document.write("visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
}
}
}
function snowNS() {
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].top = yp[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].left = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowNS()", speed);
}
function snowIE() {
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelTop = yp[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelLeft = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowIE()", speed);
}
if (ns4up) {
snowNS();
} else if (ie4up) {
snowIE();
}
// End -->
</script>

Guess the effect...

*moved*

that script will randomly place stars on the background of a web page

but it needs starflash.gif file i suppose... so...can be used it with any other gif w/o any modifications then the gif name??

yes any images...

Err... if i change the gif name it¡s to attach to other image....
BTW I just tried it with other animated gif, changing the line:
var snowflake = "starflash.gif"; to
var snowflake = "img.gif";
and it didn't worked,,, do i have to change any value as speed or smthg? i noticed some fields were empty but as I'm a n00b to Java, i didn't knew if they were fine like that or shall be changed...
THX

were is a web site to were i can learn java i know html and a little bout cpp(c++)