Patience isn't one of my strong points... Its been over a week!!! Can you hurry up and release a prototype? (this waiting is killing me - not enough to stop me programming, naturally, but killing me none the less).

lime, I was just about to do the same thing but since you have already done it.. Where can I find your code? (I don't like reinventing the wheel - even if it does give you a pair of wheels....)

Picking up this project again, will probably see a few updates as soon as I figure out what my code does... This project is before I started commenting my code with a passion (at least in critical areas). :D

Once I get the animation functions working, I will add the function to save/load gif files, let you switch through frames and maybe, in the distant future, allow you to draw with textures instead of only solid colors...

MathManiac, if you are really worried about java, you can modify some file or other (I'm not exactly sure which one) and start java up with a SecurityManager. This can prevent java from accessing your file system. Java tutorial about security can be found here: http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/security/index.html