h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm sorry, I'm sure you must have explained this already somewhere or its really obvious, but I can't find any postings about it. What is the "goo" supposed to be? My best guess is either all the researchers as some sort of group mind, or the milky way. Or is it just sealing wax with the H2G2 stamp in it?

The original idea was for it to be translucent blue, and it eventually evolved into what you see. It's a reaction to a lot of the angular designs of websites in general. It can also suggest a kind of bio-technology.

When you add extra buttons to the goo, what do you think of using the far right blob as a click and drag activated arm like on a one armed bandit. This could then load a random page. (I've no idea how easy or difficult that would be at your end).

Apart from the fact that a) it would take a Java applet or an ActiveX control to provide that kind of functionality and b) no-one would do it because it's not something you do on a web page, it's a fine idea.

But I think we'll stick with buttons for the time being.

Go orn - you could do that with a little JavaScript, surely?!

Just because you *can* do something, doesn't mean that you should.

I'm never sure if I can do domething until I've tried it, by which time it's too late!