Ive seen a bunch of sites that have custom messages that scroll across the bottom border of the browser window. How can I create this kind of scrolling text?
While there are a number of ways to put scrolling text and graphics on a Web page–from Microsoft Internet Explorer’s MARQUEE tag to Java applets–the common way to incorporate scrolling text that appears in the status bar at the bottom of the browser window is via JavaScript. Implementing these JavaScript tickers is a straightforward process. You can cut and paste the applet’s source code from a page that uses such a ticker, making sure to initialize it inside the
tag and call the function in the tag. But before you add this capability to your pages, you should note its potential design problems. Many end users complain about the way these scrolling status bar tickers interfere with other status bar messages. For example, the scrolling ticker can interfere with the display of URLs that should appear when users pass a mouse over hyperlinks. In addition, these tickers may flicker jerkingly at times, and continual scrolling may be annoying to users who stay on a single page
While there are a number of ways to put scrolling text and graphics on a Web page–from Microsoft Internet Explorer’s MARQUEE tag to Java applets–the common way to incorporate scrolling text that appears in the status bar at the bottom of the browser window is via JavaScript. Implementing these JavaScript tickers is a straightforward process. You can cut and paste the applet’s source code from a page that uses such a ticker, making sure to initialize it inside the
tag and call the function in the tag. But before you add this capability to your pages, you should note its potential design problems. Many end users complain about the way these scrolling status bar tickers interfere with other status bar messages. For example, the scrolling ticker can interfere with the display of URLs that should appear when users pass a mouse over hyperlinks. In addition, these tickers may flicker jerkingly at times, and continual scrolling may be annoying to users who stay on a single pageRelated Questions
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