The code to include this applet looks as follows:
<APPLET CODE="Ripples.class" WIDTH=245 HEIGHT=150>
<PARAM NAME="image" VALUE="snail.gif">
<PARAM NAME="rippleDepth" VALUE="200">
<PARAM NAME="link" VALUE="http://www.carleton.ca">
<PARAM NAME="target" VALUE="_blank">
</APPLET>
The width and height here should be the width and height of the image you use, in pixels. The image parameter specifies the background image to use (duh!), and the rippleDepth parameter indicates how much your mouse pointer disturbs the water (valid values are from 0 to 400). Using the link parameter, you can specify a page to jump to when the applet is clicked on (this is optional). You can also specify a target for where the page should load. Specifying "_blank" will cause the page to load in a new browser window.
To download the water ripples applet, to use it on your own web page, click here.