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Javascript-based programs

I recently got interested in speed reading which requires practicing tools. Computers are, of course, the best (and most fun) way to train speed reading. However, since I hate paying money for something simple I can easily write myself, I wrote a few simple trainers in javascript and posted them up here. I'm not providing any information on speed reading itself here. You know how to use Google, right? Sure. And I'm sure you'll figure out what kind of exercises each program provides. So, enjoy, feel free to steal, modify, improve, or do whatever with the code (except for the sample text I used which not mine). If you find a bug, send me a report, preferably with a fix, or at least a good explanation (I'm not that good at javascript yet).

Trainer for peripheral vision
Scrolling text to pace your reading speed. Originally, I hoped to make it work for any page in the scrolling frame, but due to some javascript security violations it only works reliably with the provided page. If you know a way around it, let me know... (Netscape 4 actually works with any page, but it's pretty jerky, so I hate it.)