[thelist] scrolling news tickers

2D Creative lists at 2dnet.co.uk
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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