Fw: scrolling marquee

Daniel,

> thanks that was helpful.  Actually she has a combo of blink and marquee
> which I imagine would really drive you wild.  I don't think it is a bad
> thing inherently, just one of those things that got abused and overused to
> the point of annoying.  No worse than banner ads.  I think the idea of
using
> the two in concert makes a lot of sense.
> Here's where I used it.
> http://thetonemasters.com/band.html
> It is a shortterm thing and I'll probably not use it again.
> thanks for the info.
> Kate Pollara
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel McMurray" <mcmurd(at)ccaa.edu>
> To: "Katherine Pollara" <kpollara(at)home.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 12:59 PM
> Subject: Re: scrolling marquee
>
>
> > There are several attributes to the marquee element, but I would
> > *strongly* advise against using it.  It's a Microsoft invention, and
> > never worked in Netscape.  Personally, I find it to be incredibly
> > annoying, potentially more so than the blink element.
> >
> > If you're looking for a scrolling marquee, there are plenty of
javascripts
> > out there that will reach a broader audience.  If you're still intent on
> > the marquee tag, though, this will tell you the attributes.
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/annabella.geo//marquee.html
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> > Dan
> >
> > On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Katherine Pollara wrote:
> >
> > > I can't find anything on controlling the scrolling marquee using
> straight
> > > HTML.  I know the code is simply:
> > > <marquee>text</marquee>
> > > but I'd like to slow it down since I find it difficult to read.
> > > Is this tag not in use any longer?  Are there other attributes?
> > >
> > > Thanks so much.
> > > Kate Pollara
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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