Ahora voy a postear ejemplos de javascript ;)
este es como mostrar un texto en la barra de estado que se mueve de izquierda a derecha ;)

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">var speed = 50
var pause = 1500
var timerID = null
var bannerRunning = false
var ar = new Array()
ar[0] = "Text1"
ar[1] = "Text2"
ar[2] = "Text2"
ar[3] = "Text2"
var currentMessage = 0
var offset = 0
function stopBanner() {
if (bannerRunning)
clearTimeout(timerID)
bannerRunning = false
}
function startBanner() {
stopBanner()
showBanner()
}
function showBanner() {
var text = ar[currentMessage]
if (offset < text.length) {
if (text.charAt(offset) == " ")
offset++
var partialMessage = text.substring(0, offset + 1)
window.status = partialMessage
offset++ // IE sometimes has trouble with "++offset"
timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", speed)
bannerRunning = true
} else {
offset = 0
currentMessage++
if (currentMessage == ar.length)
currentMessage = 0
timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", pause)
bannerRunning = true
}
}
startBanner();
// -->
</script>