JavaScript Animation: Easter Cursor Trailer

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Easter Cursor Trailer
Add a touch of Easter to your website with this sweet little cursor trailer animation. True copy-and-paste installation. This fun JavaScript requires almost no configuration. Crossbrowser. IE5x/6x/7x/8x, FF3x/4x, Opera 7x/8x/9x/10x, Chrome 3x/4.

Test the script
Just move your mouse to test the easter cursor trailer script.

Configuration

Step 1: Download the 3 images above and save them as egg1.gif, egg2.gif and egg3.gif. Put the 3 images into the same folder as your webpage.

Step 2: Open your webpage. Paste the following code right below the <body> tag:

<div id="span0" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"><img src="egg1.gif"></div>
<div id="span1" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"><img src="egg2.gif"></div>
<div id="span2" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"><img src="egg3.gif"></div>
<div id="span3" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"><img src="egg1.gif"></div>
<div id="span4" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"><img src="egg2.gif"></div>
<div id="span5" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"><img src="egg3.gif"></div>
<div id="span6" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"><img src="egg1.gif"></div>
<div id="span7" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"><img src="egg2.gif"></div>
<div id="span8" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;"><img src="egg3.gif"></div>
<script>
// CREDITS:
// JavaScript Animation: Easter Cursor Trailer
// by Peter Gehrig 
// Copyright (c) 2010 Peter Gehrig. All rights reserved.
// Permission given to use the script provided that this notice remains as is.
// Additional scripts can be found at http://www.fabulant.com

// IMPORTANT: 
// If you add this script to a script-library or script-archive 
// you have to add a link to http://www.fabulant.com on the webpage 
// where this script will be running.

var step=8 
var stepbasic=8
var numberofimages=8
var spacebetweenimgs=30
var x,y
var flag=0
var xpos=new Array()

var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all?1:0

for (i=0;i<=8;i++) {
	xpos[i]=-100
}

var ypos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=numberofimages;i++) {
	ypos[i]=-100
}

function handlerMM(e) {
	x = (document.layers || ns6) ? e.pageX : document.body.scrollLeft+event.clientX
	y = (document.layers || ns6) ? e.pageY : document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY
	flag=1
}

makesnake()
	}
}

if (document.layers){
	document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
}
document.onmousemove=handlerMM;
window.onload=initiatetracker
</script>

IMPORTANT: Do not paste this code into tables or between <DIV> and </DIV> tags nor between any other container tags!