This is a sample .txt file for the SmoothScroll applet. SmoothScroll is a text scrolling applet by Mark Ganson http://www.bigfoot.com/~java4free Like all the Java4Free applets, it is FREE! (Pause for effect right here.) I know what you're thinking: There are lots of text scrolling applets out there. So, what's the BIG DEAL with this one? (: Glad you asked :) SmoothScroll can scroll text in multiple fonts, such as Times Roman, Courier, and Helvetica. It can display text in multiple colors. (Pause for effect again) It can underline certain words and strikethrough others. It also supports a variety of font styles, such as bold, italic, and even bolditalic. Perhaps the coolest feature, however is the ability to highlight specific words or groups of words to make them really stand out from the rest. (pause again) (slow down) Since a picture is worth a thousand words, SmoothScroll also has built-in support for scrolling images along with the scrolling text information and non-scrolling foreground images like the tortoise. You'll notice how the scrolling text will appear to go underneath the fixed position image. This is why we call such images foreground images. This could easily be an image with a transparent background, in which case the text would be visible below the non-opaque parts of the image. We can move our image to any position on the screen. We can do this instantly. We can do this by scrolling our image to it's destination in whatever direction we choose. The foreground image can be a separate hyperlink from what the overall applet is. The foreground text, the headline across the top of the applet, can be a third hyperlink, if desired. The foreground image could easily be a hyperlined banner ad and the foreground text could be something like "click to visit my sponsor". (Good-bye, Mr. Tortoise.) A powerful feature of SmoothScroll is the ability to create an in-memory text file on the fly with JavaScript and have that "file" be your script file. This can be used to interface SmoothScroll with an online content provider. You could also place a cookie on your user's machine with JavaScript, and then use that cookie to personalize the scrolling message. Another possibility could be to use JavaScript to determine the current date and time and display that information in the .txt file.