[_] Lurker with a question
Fraser Stephens
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Tue Apr 1 16:59:16 BST 2008
> [_] Lurker with a question Inbox > Joel Hughes > <joel.hughes.1936 at googlemail.com> to underscore > More options 11:05 (5 hours ago) > 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? > > Tks, > > Joel > -- > underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/underscore > > Reply Forward > Christian Wach > <needle at haystack.co.uk> to underscore > More options 11:10 (5 hours ago) > On 1 Apr 2008, at 11:05, Joel Hughes wrote: > > > 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? > > You can do this with the <blink> tag and just one simple style > declaration, but I forget which one. > > HTH, > > Christian > - Show quoted text - > > Reply Forward Invite Christian to Google Mail > Matt Kane > <ascorbic at gmail.com> to underscore > More options 11:12 (5 hours ago) > > On 1 Apr 2008, at 11:05, Joel Hughes wrote: > > > 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. > > -- > Matt Kane, Lead Developer, Clementine > http://www.clevr.com/ > > Clementine is a trading name of Sphex LLP > - Show quoted text - > > Reply Forward > Wills Fidell > <wills at endeavourcode.co.uk> to underscore > More options 11:22 (5 hours ago) > Matt Kane wrote: > > On 1 Apr 2008, at 11:05, Joel Hughes wrote: > > > >> 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. > > > > -- > > Matt Kane, Lead Developer, Clementine > > http://www.clevr.com/ > > > > Clementine is a trading name of Sphex LLP > > > > > > Or simply print a request that the users moves their head from left to > right in a type writer style motion. > > I have tested this with Netscape 4.1 and it works like a charm. > - Show quoted text - > > Reply Forward Invite Wills to Google Mail > Joe Leech > to underscore > More options 11:25 (5 hours ago) > > what's the preferred way to achieve a scrolling text marquee where the text > > goes backwards? > > Be careful with the usability here. It's often better to speed the > text up if possible because users often complain that these scrolling > text things are rather slow. Also what works well is having 2 lines > scroll independently (better in opposite directions), as again, users > often say they like the choice of one or more things to read (see > Blomberg news!) It's often easier to display the text quite small to > squeeze things in. > > JavaScript can be used, see technique here: > http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy > > joe > > > > > > > > -- > ***************************************************** > joeleech.net +447905 33 4163 > > Usability, user experience, IA & accessibility. > - Show quoted text - > > Reply Forward Invite Joe to Google Mail > theUKdude > <theUKdude at theukdude.com> to underscore > More options 11:28 (5 hours ago) > 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 > - Show quoted text - > > Reply Forward Invite theUKdude to Google Mail > Tim Perrett > <hello at timperrett.com> to underscore > More options 11:38 (5 hours ago) > > > Are you mad? Animated gifs should only be used for spinning logos, > > rainbow > > effects and dancing animals. > > Or wiggling logo sperm as we seen not so long ago in another thread! > - Show quoted text - > > Reply Forward Invite Tim to Google Mail > Joel Hughes > <joel.hughes.1936 at googlemail.com> to underscore > More options 11:47 (5 hours ago) > Great!But I want a cleaner way of going it using only Frontpage Server > Extensions (not the latest version, Rackspace won't let me have it yet)... > Any MS Frontpage devs out there? > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Christian Wach <needle at haystack.co.uk> > wrote: > - Show quoted text - > > Reply Forward > Ritesh Patel > <ritesh.patel at purplelight.com> to underscore > More options 11:58 (4 hours ago) > The one thing you have to be consider with the midi background is that > people with Soundblaster AWE32 'wavetable' sound cards will get a > slightly better experience than those who don't. Trumpets in > particular are enhanced on a wavetable sound card, so try not to use > them too much, so your users can get as similar experience to each > other as possible. > - Show quoted text - > > Reply Forward Invite Ritesh to Google Mail > s'unya > <sunya.dickman at gmail.com> to underscore > More options 11:35 (5 hours ago) > > > > > > 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? > > > > May I suggest changing the background colour of the page in bright primaries > every 5 seconds, this will help people with dyslexia... and anybody else who > likes life. > -- > o > o o > O O O > o 0 O s´unya O 0 o > www.the-resort.com > - Show quoted text - > > Reply Forward > Ritesh Patel > <ritesh.patel at purplelight.com> to underscore > More options 11:35 (5 hours ago) > The one thing you have to be consider with the midi background is that > people with Soundblaster AWE32 'wavetable' sound cards will get a > slightly better experience than those who don't. Trumpets in > particular are enhanced on a wavetable sound card, so try not to use > them too much, so your users can get as similar experience to each > other as possible. > > > - Hide quoted text - > On 1 Apr 2008, at 21:28, theUKdude wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/underscore > > > -- > underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/underscore > > Reply Forward Invite Ritesh to Google Mail > Matt Kane > <ascorbic at gmail.com> to underscore > More options 12:04 (4 hours ago) > > On 1 Apr 2008, at 11:35, s'unya wrote: > > > May I suggest changing the background colour of the page in bright > > primaries > > every 5 seconds, this will help people with dyslexia... and anybody > > else who > > likes life. > > The best way of doing this is by adding lots of body tags, each with a > different bgcolor set. I agree!