Mac users, try CJ's Throbbers collection at spies.com.
The technical scoop (may be dated, with all the new releases of Netscape):
Windows users "just" need to patch the resource section of the executable file. Replace bitmaps 379-392 with 14 16-color 30x30-pixel bitmaps, and bitmaps 399-412 with 14 16-color 60x60-pixel bitmaps, and you have a new throbbing symbol while you wait to load your bitmaps. The 14 images will make a little movie that cycles forever.
Not feeling creative today? Try:
See the radioactive comet hit the Moebius Earth! Feel showers
of virtual particles pass through your body! Be programmed by the
X Industries subliminal advertisement!
You knew there was a catch, right? To use this, you need a Windows resource editor. Unfortunately, here doesn't seem to be a free or shareware Windows resource editor available. Lots of people have already asked me, and I've looked. Please don't send me more email about this, unless you've discovered one. I use the Borland Resource Workshop which comes with Borland C++ and Borland Pascal for Windows. It's probably in their Delphi package too, but I wouldn't swear to it.Download the file first (make sure you've set your Web browser to save it to a file.) Then unzip it, then use the resource editor to glom this onto Netscape in place of its existing resources. Enjoy.
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