/* *****
* User defined fade objects and messages
*
* These messages are used in fades triggered by mouseovers and
* mouseouts on table cells. They are the simplest type of fade and
* require no extra Javascript code.
*/
var fader = new Array();
fader[0] = new fadeObject('fade0', 'dddddd', '000000', 20, 20);
fader[0].msg[0] = "This is an optional default message; the fade object on the right side has no default. Mouseover each topic to make quotes fade in and out.";
fader[0].msg[1] = "Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
- Marcus Aurelius";
fader[0].msg[2] = "Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.
- Ben Bova";
fader[0].msg[3] = "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.
- Frederick Douglass";
fader[0].msg[4] = "The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
- James Oppenheim";
fader[1] = new fadeObject('fade1', 'bbbbbb', '000000', 20, 20);
fader[1].msg[1] = "Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things.
- T.S. Eliot";
fader[1].msg[2] = "We have two ears and one mouth so we may listen more and talk the less.
- Epictetus";
fader[1].msg[3] = "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
- Mahatma Gandhi";
fader[1].msg[4] = "Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
- Mark Twain";
/* *****
* The code below describes how to make a throbbing or automatic fade
* sequence of messages. It is important to note that this function is
* NOT part of the Buffered Text-Fade Effect, but merely an example of
* how it can be used. In this example, the throb() function controls
* the commands which are sent to the fade engine; it is called
* repeatedly at set time intervals rather than using mouseover events
* as triggers.
*
* Notes:
* - A global array "hash" is used to keep track of where each
* animation is currently in the sequence.
* - The list of messages defined in the fader *must* start at one (1)
* and count upwards without skipping any integers.
* - The third line of the throb() function controls how fast
* commands get sent to the fade engine. It waits only 100 milli-
* seconds when fading out, but 5000 milliseconds (5 seconds) when
* fading in; this means the message will remain visible for about 5
* seconds before fading out again.
*
* Other types of fade animation are possible simply by designing
* different ways to control the fade-ins and fade-outs!
*/
var hash = new Array();
function throb(item) {
// If the hash array does not have an entry for this item, initialise it at 2
if (!hash[item]) hash[item] = 2;
// Send a fade command, using the hash array to tell us what parameters we should use
fader[item].fade(Math.floor(hash[item] / 2), !(hash[item] % 2));
// Call this function again for this same item after a certain amount of time
setTimeout(function() { throb(item); }, (hash[item] % 2) ? 100 : 5000);
// If we have exceeded the number of messages in this fader, start over again at 2
if (++hash[item] > fader[item].msg.length * 2 - 1) hash[item] = 2;
}
fader[2] = new fadeObject('fade2', 'bbbbbb', '000000', 30, 30);
fader[2].msg[1] = "
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
- Rene Descartes (1596-1650), \"Discours de la Methode\"
";
fader[2].msg[2] = "There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
";
fader[2].msg[3] = "The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
";
fader[2].msg[4] = "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
";
fader[2].msg[5] = "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
- Henry Ford (1863-1947)
";
fader[2].msg[6] = "A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.
- Henry Ford
";
fader[2].msg[7] = "This may seem simple, but you need to give customers what they want, not what you think they want. And, if you do this, people will keep coming back.
- John Ilhan
";
fader[2].msg[8] = "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak.
- Jay Leno
";
fader[2].msg[9] = "The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits him or her and sells itself.
- Peter Drucker
";
// Start this fader
setTimeout(function() { throb(2); }, 1000);