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<body>> It works on my Mac in Safari and FireFox. IE get's it wrong, but <BR>> what's new there? <BR>
The news is:<BR>I just got back from IE preview and I didn't see any of the quirks you've mentioned.<BR>> Any comments will be appreciated.<BR>
> Quirk 1: At the end of a nine image sequence, the sequence goes blank <BR>> for three frames. <BR>
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I would say: The sequence goes blank for exactly 336 <FONT>px. </FONT><BR>
(but since this length matches the width of 3 images of their actual size, <BR>
we might accept this as an alternative definition of it's width)<BR>
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>Why?<BR><BR>
That's because you are using "marquee"!<BR>
So what's the deal?<BR>
The scrolling is linear and the sequence is linear.<BR>
So what?<BR>
You will not be able to see the locomotive again until the last <FONT>wagon </FONT><BR>
has completely left the view. For the last wagon to exit the view, the locomotive has to drag <BR>
it far to the left before turning somewhere else outside of your view to be able to enter the site once<BR>
again from the right. Until then your view will be empty. <BR>
What does it mean?<BR>
The width of the <FONT>empty view</FONT> is determined inevitably by its own physical width. <BR>
This means that its not a roller, its a strip acting exactly as it should.<BR>
<BR>> Quirk 2: Occasionally, the scroll will freeze. Again, why?<BR>
This might be caused by some background process and it depends on system stability mainly.<BR>
Rarely a coding issue, <FONT>but at the edge of thoughts, </FONT><BR>
-you've broken your <FONT><FONT>round corner </FONT>box so the browser display stability might get compromised.</FONT><BR>
Correct that and see if it freezes again.<BR><BR>
Regards<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR> Troy III<BR> progressive art enterprise<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR><BR>
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> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 18:33:49 -0400<BR>> To: javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>> From: tedd@sperling.com<BR>> Subject: [Javascript] JS Marquee Scroller Question<BR>> <BR>> Hi js experts:<BR>> <BR>> I modified some code I found and it appears to work, but it has a <BR>> couple of quirks.<BR>> <BR>> The demo is at:<BR>> <BR>> http://xn--ovg.com/marquee<BR>> <BR>> Quirk 1: At the end of a nine image sequence, the sequence goes blank <BR>> for three frames. Why?<BR>> <BR>> Quirk 2: Occasionally, the scroll will freeze. Again, why?<BR>> <BR>> I have NOT tested this with other browsers on other OS's.<BR>> <BR>> It works on my Mac in Safari and FireFox. IE get's it wrong, but <BR>> what's new there? Opera continues to have problems with several <BR>> things.<BR>> <BR>> Any comments will be appreciated.<BR>> <BR>> Thanks.<BR>> <BR>> tedd<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> -------<BR>> http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Javascript mailing list<BR>> Javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>> https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript<BR><BR><br /><hr />With MSN Spaces email straight to your blog. Upload jokes, photos and more. It's free! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnksac0030000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.imagine-msn.com/spaces' target='_new'>It's free!</a></body>
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