As previously promised, the TickerTape is now on Google Code. It wasn’t under any kind of source control before, so this is a handy step if I want to move development forward. I do plan on doing so in the near-to-medium-term, but if you are using the TickerTape and would like to contribute any improvements, the move to Google Code means that I’ll be happy to accept good patches. If you’re not sure how to patch something but have found a problem, feel free to register it in the Issues section.

I’ll be filling out the Google Code project page with some documentation soon. I’ll also be repointing the TickerTape file references on older posts to the new downloads, so I apologise if you see some republished posts in your feed reader.

My TickerTape project has turned out to be one of my most popular, turning up in some unexpected places. I do get comments on it now and then, and a few people have mentioned some issues with it which I would like to fix – in particular CPU and memory usage on some browsers. My current plan is to put all material on the TickerTape on Google Code so that I can track issues, document usage, and accept patches. I will try and do this sometime this month.

Update: The TickerTape is now available on Google Code.

I’ve updated my javascript TickerTape to version 1.1, and introduced a couple of new features. Firstly, one which was requested by a few people, rolling over the ticker now causes it to stop scrolling until you move out again. This prevents the item you’re interested in zipping off the screen before you can click it.

Secondly, the ticker can now be configured to scroll horizontally, which opens up a whole new slew of applications. You can see both of these features in action in the new horizontal demo, available in the archive. The current version of the TickerTape component can always be found here:

Latest JavaScript TickerTape Component

Incidentally, because IE7 doesn’t allow XMLHttpRequests to the local filesystem, you’ll have to upload the demos to your own webserver rather than view them on your own PC. They work locally in Firefox just fine.

Update: The TickerTape is now available on Google Code. Downloads have been updated to reflect this.

I’ve updated my Javascript TickerTape component after Ajaxian reported that the demo wasn’t working for them in Firefox. This is v1.01 and contains no other changes. To download this update, hit the current TickerTape version link. Note that if you’ve visited the demo before you may need to flush your cache to see this fix.

Update 2: The TickerTape is now available on Google Code. Downloads have been updated to reflect this.

UPDATE: A new version of the component is available which supports horizontal scrolling.

This component vertically scrolls a number of items within a container. Each page of items is pulled from a server which supplies JSON data. You can find a demo of the TickerTape in the download archive, and the download for the latest version here. There is a readme.txt in the download, or read on for an example usage. (more…)