As yet i'm not sure of the content the clients going to provide, so i agree with you and the scrolling may not be final.
The effect is actually part of the font, so i'll have to play around a little modifying it in photoshop. Glad you pointed that out as i aim to make it as useable as possible.
As for the space i'm still working on the 800x600 principle, although nowdays very few people still use that resolution, but thats the space explination.
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