Sent by Ian Piper on 30 April 2006 11:11
On 30 Apr 2006, at 8:56 am, David Dorward wrote:
> On 30/04/06, Ian Piper [EMAIL-REMOVED]> wrote:
>
>> It is just that I have tried a couple of the JavaScript-based
>> scrollers I've found on the web and they work fine in the (quirks
>> mode) demos but not in my (xhtml transitional) pages.
>
> Sounds like they are simply badly written (probably not specifying a
> unit on their lengths when the move content).
>
> Showing us the code might allow us to suggest fixes.
Take a look at these: http://www.tellura.co.uk/blueboar/tickertest/
tickertest1.htm and tickertest2.htm
> . The problem they
> solve is to display a lot of information non-interactively to a lot of
> people - on the WWW you usually have one person per browser, and that
> browser can have scrollbars, so you don't need the side effects of "Oh
> drat, I missed it, now I have to wait for it to come all the way
> around again" and "The quick brown fox... movement, distract! Drat.
> The quick brown fox ... (Argh, this is the 5th time I've started to
> read this paragraph).".
>
> (Maybe that will give you some fuel to raise with your client)
>
I know. I have had discussions with them about this - they "know what
they want". I don't think they will change their minds until a
customer complains. Irritating, but I suppose sometimes you just have
to keep quiet and let them stub their toe.
Ian.
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