The V-NewsTicker is one of the most advanced free vertical news scroller scripts. Features include easy setup, small size, pausing, sliding up or down... You can use it as a news board instead of a Java applet or a Flash movie, which will take much more time to load. It supports all popular browsers - IE 4+, Netscape 4+, Opera 5+, Konqueror 3.1+, Safari 1+
