NewsAgent is a news-ticker applet that displays text included within an HTML parameter or retrieved from a remote text file. When used in "remote" mode, NewsAgent will regularly check for updates to the text file at specified intervals. Text is automatically wrapped onto as many lines as needed and displays in a character-by-character style, similar to a typewriter.

The display font and all colors are editable, and there are various background options including the placement of a background image. The chosen text can be set to loop a specified number of times or indefinitely, and animation pauses and speeds are fully editable.

A mouse click within the applet area can toggle the animation between pause/resume, or open a URL, according to chosen mode. Tooltip messages can optionally be displayed within the applet area when the mouse enters. NewsAgent also (optionally) supports sounds.

NEW IN v1.1!

Addition of TextFocusColor and TextPressColor parameters, allowing greater reactivity to mouse movement and clicks. Both parameters default to the standard TextColor, meaning that users of v1.0 who don't wish to take advantage of these features can simply ignore them.

When looping playback a fixed number of times (rather than infinitely), the text will remain displayed when the final loop has taken place. If the applet is in 'hold' mode (rather than 'link' mode) a click will restart the animation.

Various behind-the-scenes changes to improve display, responsiveness and mouse-tracking.