[lopis]

This is probably showing both our ages that this is new to you and very old for me.

[firmretention]

I was on the web in the late 90s! I don't recall seeing anything like this, although it certainly may have existed. Animated cursors yes (CometCursor!), but not little animations chasing your cursor.

[dsego]

I remember copy/pasting scripts in dreamweaver to make leaves or snow fall on the webpage.