Could you please enlighten me/us on the differences between these two scripts?
My page currently has a DHTML scroller on it and it is placed carefully over a table which provides the backgound etc. It was a bit of a problem getting everything dynamically placed on the page and stable when font defaults were changed etc but it finally came together. However currently its broken in firefox and i cant determine why.
In my situation where i really need the content to appear looking like its in a cell of a table would the HTMLHttp Request script do the same thing? what disadvantages would there be over using the current DHTML Scroller?
My page is at http://www.ridgebacks.com.au/indexff.html Note it works well in IE but is broken in Firefox. I followed your advice and got rid of almost all the errors but its still broken in firefox my instinct suggests that starting from scratch with the HTMLHttp Request script may be a way around the problem because i have totally run out of steam trying to determine what went wrong with the script in Firefox.
BTW I implemented your forum script and customized its colours and added my banner etc and am delighted with the result. Still have to add some discussion content to kick it along though. Will send some more donation soon. Its my intention to donate something for each of the scripts i have used. So far being Photomorpher, Forum, and DHTML Scroller
Keep up the good work - Hope you have some ideas to help me with my firefox problem
-Wayne
2) Angus TurnbullGroup: Moderators Posts: 4042Joined: 7 Dec 2003Location: New ZealandIP: 202.137.--.--
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DHTML Scroller is an "old school" script that attempts to do everything in JavaScript. It works in v4 browsers. It's not very accessible in the sense that it doesn't work well with JavaScript disabled and the custom scroll bar doesn't enable full native operating-system functionality (e.g. some aspects of wheel mouse scrolling etc).
HTMLHttpRequest is a newer generation script that is designed to layer on top of an accessible HTML document in v5+ browsers. With JS disabled it can fall back happily to loading regular pages. Its loading code is based on the DHTML Scroller but extensively enhanced, it supports form submittal for instance. The scrolling functionality is deliberately missing in favour of "overflow: auto" native browser scrollbars.
Unless you have a really compelling reason to use DHTML Scroller I recommend HTMLHttpRequest these days -- yeah, rebuild with that is my advice, it is very very very simple to implement however (just include the script and put a CLASS on all the links you want it to process). Glad to hear that you had a good result with the forum!