Scratch Pad For Artists

Er...artistic kiddies, at least. MIT's Media Lab has developed a simple graphics interface called Scratch, which is now available as a free download for Windows PC's and Apple Macs. Scratch allows users to create their own animated stories, video games and interactive artworks. So far so good. I tried to visit the Scratch website (CLICK) and gave up, due to the boredom of watching that horizontal blue bar creeping across my screen at a pace of one column of pixels every few minutes. Oh well, guess I'll stick with animated GIF's for a while longer.