Every webdesigner knows the problem: there is never enough screen space. Experts also know: the user may have an even smaller monitor, and half of it is occupied by all kind of toolbars.

But now there is a new gadget: Meier's Billboard. It shows several "posters", one after the other. The websurfer just watches. If she wants to know more about an image, she can just click.

The light version is free of charge, you can have up to 3 pictures. Attention: you need to use the "binary-mode" to download the applet and upload it on your webserver. The Applet is available as ".jar" file for quick load, unfortunetly older browser can not use this format. So you can also get the applet as collection of ".class" files.

You have to use the applet tag. The applet uses this parameters:

FrameImage	URL(gif or jpeg)	background picture, the billboard itself
PictHeight	number (pixel)	height of a poster
PictWidth	number (pixel)	width of a poster
WallX	number (pixel)	distance of poster from left
WallY	number (pixel)	distance of poster from up
Image1	URL(gif or jpeg)	first poster
Image2	URL(gif or jpeg)	second poster
Image3	URL(gif or jpeg)	third poster
Link1	URL(html)	link for first poster
Link2	URL(html)	link for second poster
Link3	URL(html)	link for third poster
SoundFile	URL(au)	played during change of poster
MovingWait	number (tenth of seconds)	delay for each poster

A typical call may look like this:

<applet archive="MovingWall.jar" code="Billboard/MovingWallApplet.class" 
        width=260 height=264>
<param name="FrameImage" value="bilder/Rahmen.jpg">
<param name="WallX" value="29">
<param name="WallY" value="32">
<param name="PictHeight" value="200">
<param name="PictWidth"  value="200">
<param name="SoundFile"  value="bilder/clave.au">
<param name="MovingWait" value="100">

<param name="Image1" value="bilder/usersurvey.gif">
<param name="Image2" value="bilder/dbpublish.gif">
<param name="Image3" value="bilder/getrich.gif">

<param name="Link1" value="xtension/surveyframe.html">
<param name="Link2" value="develop/dbpublish/dbpublish.html">
<param name="Link3" value="develop/websoftware.html">

Here put in html for people without java, for example show your
first poster:
<a href="xtension/surveyframe.html">
<img src="bilder/usersurvey.gif" height=200 WIDTH=200 ALT=""><br>
Go to my QuarkXpress(tm) User Survey.
</a>

</applet>

Have fun.