My first web dev job was to make a java applet (yes) which showed a spider moving up and down on a web. Animated GIFs weren't a thing back then (like 1996 maybe

My first web dev job was to make a java applet (yes) which showed a spider moving up and down on a web. Animated GIFs weren't a thing back then (like 1996 maybe?) so people who went to our website and waited around long enough for it to load over S L O W internet were completely astounded to see something moving. It was black magic. Blink and marquee tags were the devil though. People who used those should still feel ashamed of themselves.