[Sigia-l] Need published proof that scrolling text is not good

[martin.fietkiewicz at gmail.com]

also:
http://scholar.google.ca/scholar?q=%22scrolling+text%22+evil+OR+wrong+OR+terrible+OR+bad+usability


On Dec 2, 2007 8:51 PM, martin.fietkiewicz at gmail.com <
martin.fietkiewicz at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article1618.asp
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> first hit on:
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> http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22scrolling+text%22+evil+OR+wrong+OR+terrible+usability
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> On Dec 2, 2007 8:08 PM, Janet Wallace <janethia at yahoo.com > wrote:
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> > Folk, please help. It's awful that my new client doesn't believe me.
> > Although she took most of my usability and navigation suggestions for the
> > new site she's developing, the scrolling text on the home page is still
> > there. The text is a law that formed the basis for the whole site being
> > built--I don't want to mention the name because the site is still in
> > development. In other words, this text is pretty important.
> >
> > And get this: the box in which the text scrolls has a title over it. The
> > title is: "Interesting, Isn't It?"
> >
> > Arrrrrgggghhh!
> >
> > If I could give her some "official" opinions, perhaps she'd change her
> > mind.
> >
> > AdThanksVance
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> > Janet.
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> > Janet Wallace
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