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Matt Kane wrote on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 11:12 AM

> > Hi,
> >
> > been lurking on the list for a little while, but have a question now.
> >
> > I'm building a site - table based naturally (none of that CSS
> > malarky!) -
> > what's the preferred way to achieve a scrolling text marquee where
> > the text
> > goes backwards?
> >
> >
> 
> Probably best to use a Java applet like the BBC News site used to.
> Flash is another option, but I hear that not many browsers have it
> installed yet. You could also create an animated gif with the text.

Are you mad? Animated gifs should only be used for spinning logos, rainbow
effects and dancing animals. I agree about the Java applet though. Maybe you
should place it in a frameset. Also, a short looping midi background sound
would help soothe the user when reading the scrolling marquee maybe?

theUKdude