Java news scroller

Whats your favorite?

[Weblamer]

Anyone have a favorite Java news scroller? I recently put one up on one of my sites, and I like the way it looks, but the coding seems a little junky. The scroller tentds to get suck on the screen even after i closed the page. even crashed my machine once or twice.

[tedster]

I'm also curious to hear if anyone has found a relatively trouble-free java scroller.

We have one client site that insists on using one, and we get relatively frequent complaints from visitors -- along the lines of what you've described. Even though it seems like a relatively simple function, I suspect the end user's java version introduces compatibility problems.

In general I stay away from java applets because they always seem to give trouble to somebody.

[rewboss]

First of all, I dislike animation where it isn't really necessary or at least discreet. (There are exceptions, though: but not many.) Animated text particularly annoys me, because it forces me to read at a particular speed, which is usually too slow.

Second, Java sucks. It's supposed to be totally cross-browser, cross-platform, cross-processor, cross-everything compatible, but that is rarely the case. Also, Java applets take forever to load and require the launching of the browser's Java Virtual Machine, which also takes forever, as well as taking up a good deal of processor time.

Third, Java is just something else to go wrong. The JVM on my MSIE is corrupt somehow (and I can't repair it), with the result that any Java applet won't run. All I get is an empty placeholder, and the browser won't even display any alt texts or anything else (because it does have Java installed -- it just won't run).

My favourite Java news scroller is the one that doesn't appear on whatever page I'm looking at.

[pleeker]

My favourite Java news scroller is the one that doesn't appear on whatever page I'm looking at.

LOL. You took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to say that the phrase "favorite java news scroller" is an oxymoron.

Find a database-based tool or some other method to show news. Forget Java, it's awful.

[dcheney]

I use an older one (free) from
[ericharshbarger.com...]

(not my site and I have no affiliation with them - so hope the URL is ok)

And for those that don't like java stuff - my site allows the user to set a cookie to disable it (and the 1 other java applet used on the site).

[aspdaddy]

[textscroller.tripod.com ]
[acuteapplets.com ]

I like em! especially nice when connected to a database or xml file. Textscroller does have a limit though of 50 records if i remember correctly.

[Weblamer]

Thanks for the replies, folks. this is where i was getting my applets:

[java.internet.com...]

but like i said i was tired of testing each one out.

Is there any proggies out there that will make a little flash of text scrolling up? it seems to be a little more stable. (however i am currently too lazy to sit down and re-learn flash)