Scrolling text marquee - it doesn't work in Netscape browser - why?

[Aishaa]

Hi - I want to make a scrolling text marquee that works in netscape, but it only seems to work in Internet explorer.
Why?
I also want to put the marquee in the bottom bar of the browser, the place where when you click for a website it says "opening page......" - How do you do that?
TIA

 

[Javrix]

Because netscape sucks! Just kidding, I dunno. Where's the page, I'll take a look. Is it javascript? Are you talking a scrolling marque in the status bar?
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[MikeBarone]

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[Guest_imported]

The Marquee tag is not in the standard html 4.0
For some reason IE (and opera i think) support marquee even though it isn't html correct.
Netscape does not support marquee probably because it isn't a valid html tag. That being said, netscape support the blink tag, (i dont think any other browser does other than them) and the blink tag isn't a valid html tag either.

 

[Garridon]

There are a lot of compatability issues with Netscape. A lot of stuff doesn't work or doesn't work right with it. You can change the compatability in FrontPage for both IE and Netscape, but what this does is grays out a lot of options--and still doesn't fix some of the compatability problems!

Your best bet is to use a java applet that does the same thing. While it won't work with older browsers, it should work fine for nearly everyone. You can find some applets at

http://www.javaboutique.com

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[tinaalice]

I think you mean the status bar. It's not a good idea userwise to clutter this up with a marquee. People like to be able to check what is loading or what a link is easily without having to look at the source or properites.

Also you might consider having a upwards marquee scroll it looks much more classy and less irritating to users.

You will have to get a third party marquee to cover both browsers.

hth Tina

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