Problem
I needed a simple ticker component that could rotate different text strings and have the ability to link the items to external urls (or not) for each.
Solution
Build one :)
Detailed explanation
I decided to throw a few together based on ArrayCollections so it could be populated in various ways. HTTPService, URLRequest, SQLite (AIR) and MySQL data and other result sets can be assigned to an ArrayCollection and passed to the tickerish components.
The Tickerish_Text version was the one I needed (running at my Flex blog)but also added a slightly different style (Tickerish_But) that uses a button as it's core and can be styled as such. Both components allow you to adjust string character typing speed, wait time between rotation and also fade times. The Text version also allows you to pass in the up/over text color. They also allow various adjustments in the properties that their core content supports of course.
Both can be seen running here (one Tickerish_Text version in my blog header and two Tickerish_But versions in the article):
