Dynamic Drive DHTML Scripts- Left-Right scrolling window

IE5+: IE 5 and above
FF1+: Firefox 1.0+. NS6+ and FF beta are assumed as well.
Opr7+: Opera 7 and above.

Left-Right scrolling window script

Author: Dynamic Drive

Description: A scrolling window script that dynamically scrolls the window all the way from the left edge of the document to the right, then starts all over again. Use it on presentational pages to allow surfers to sit back and just enjoy the presentation!

Demo: To better demonstrate the script, click here.

Directions

Simply insert the below anywhere inside the <body> section of the page you wish to scroll. Var "speed" deterimines the speed of the scroll. Change 2 to another number as desired.

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<script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Left-Right scrolling window Script- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com) For full source code, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ This credit MUST stay intact for use */ //change speed to another integer to alter the scrolling speed. Greater is faster var speed=2 var currentpos=0,alt=1,curpos1=0,curpos2=-1 function initialize(){ startit() } function iecompattest(){ return (document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body } function scrollwindow(){ if (document.all) temp=iecompattest().scrollLeft else temp=window.pageXOffset if (alt==0) alt=1 else alt=0 if (alt==0) curpos1=temp else curpos2=temp if (curpos1!=curpos2){ if (document.all) currentpos=iecompattest().scrollLeft+speed else currentpos=window.pageXOffset+speed window.scroll(currentpos,0) } else{ currentpos=0 window.scroll(currentpos,0) } } function startit(){ setInterval("scrollwindow()",10) } window.onload=initialize </script>