[thelist] scrolling news tickers
2D Creative
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Thu Jan 18 19:54:31 CST 2001
> I have had clients in the past who have redesigned their
> website and I have,
> during the process, performed a gentle tickerectomy. I hate
> news tickers.
Tickerectomy...gentle???
> I find news tickers to be a) distracting, b) hard to read,
> let alone click
> on, c) buggy.
True.
>
> Do you agree with me?
Uh Huh!
>
> What I want to know is is there a good reason to use a
> ticker? If you go to
> a site with a ticker, do you bother to read through all of
> the items and
> actually *use* it? Are there successful and useable tickers
> out there?
If I HAVE to use them I at least try and use one that pauses.
At least that gives you longer to read and Click!
My 2pence (UK)
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Regards,
David Raza
www.2dcreative.co.uk
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