More information about the Underscore mailing list

[_] Lurker with a question

Dan Fairs dan.fairs at gmail.com
Tue Apr 1 17:14:33 BST 2008

>>
>> 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?
>

Dude - ActiveX is the way forward. Everybody uses IE anyway.

--
Dan Fairs <dan.fairs at gmail.com> | http://www.stereoplex.com/