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Best of 2000

With the arrival of the 'real' millennium, it's time again to look back over the past year. In 2000 we posted over 250 applets, servlets, applications, and tools. Below are the 2 most popular apps from each month of 2000.

January:

DJPopMenu
Pop-up navigation applet that supports unlimited multiple drop down menus and multiple images with an optional text description . Images can be displayed with a 3D " button" effect and border around them if desired.
... [more popup menus]

CalendarServlet
A calendar servlet. Sitting on the server, it can remember appointments.
... [more servlets]

January 2000: check out:
the TOP Java apps - ALL the Java apps

February:

CodeBrain's Slider
CodeBrain's Slider slide-show applet supports up to 100 images, of the same or differing sizes.
... [more slide show applets]

XFlood
XFlood is a unique game where you have to plot your course through a field of cells with different point values.
... [more logic games]

February 2000: check out:
the TOP Java apps - ALL the Java apps

March:

ABCMenuMan
Fast loading menu applet that allows you to easily create mouseover effects, with as many menu items as you want!
... [more navigation menus]

NavBar
NavBar offers compact navigation for sites short on real-estate. A small menu bar nestles over an image, (or not, as you choose), providing dropdown menus with configurable fonts and color.
... [more navigation menus]

March 2000: check out:
the TOP Java apps - ALL the Java apps

April:

password_protect
If you've been looking for a way to password protect your Web pages, here it is!
... [more password protection]

NavTool
NavTool offers by far one of the most compact menu interfaces available.
... [more navigation menus]

April 2000: check out:
the TOP Java apps - ALL the Java apps

May:

Encyclogram
Encyclogram draws harmonograms, spirographs, and Lissajous figures. The decaying motion of the plot fills in the shapes with their spiralling-in echo. Encyclogram can also draw the curves in varying colors against a black background.
... [more simulators]

Fader
A cool little applet that fades text in, scrolls up and fades out as new text is entering from the bottom. Very easy to configure and it's Free!
... [more text faders]

May 2000: check out:
the TOP Java apps - ALL the Java apps

June:

jzChat
JzChat is a 100% HTML/Javascript chatroom performed by a Java servlet. Guest users can choose the look and feel and root user can open, close, list (or kick off) users. Best of all... it's FREE!
... [more chat servlets]

AXScroller
Do you know HTML but get lost installing packaged java applets? Then this is the scrolling applet for you; it draws all of it's info from a simple HTML file!
... [more vertical scrollers]

June 2000: check out:
the TOP Java apps - ALL the Java apps

Part 2 of the Best of 2000 list

How to Add Java Applets to Your Site

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New Applet:

Reverse Complement
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