[jQuery] basic news ticker

[jQuery] basic news ticker


Hi there,
I'm trying to write a news ticker script that horizontally slides 1
item from right to left in a box. Most news ticker scripts use
multiple items for this, but my needs are somewhat different.
Well I've kinda got it working, except for when I hover over it. Then
when the cursor goes away, the speed's been affected as well as the
item stops ticking by. Here is my code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
    <title>jQuery news ticker test</title>
    <style type="text/css" media="screen">
        #newsticker {
            width: 198px;
            border: 1px solid #999;
            overflow: hidden;
            height: 20px;
            padding: 2px;
            font: 12px Arial #000;
        }
        #newsticker ul {
            list-style: none;
            margin: 0px;
            padding: 0px;
            width: 600px;
            position: relative;
        }
        #newsticker ul li {
            display: inline-block;
            margin: 0px 5px;
            position: absolute;
            left: 200px;
        }
    </style>
    <script src="jquery-1.3.1.js" type="text/javascript"
charset="utf-8"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            function scroller() {
                $('#newsticker ul li').animate(
                    {left: "-200px"},
                    2000,
                    "linear",
                    function(){
                        $(this).css("left", "200px");
                        scroller();
                    }
                )
                .hover(
                function(){
                    jQuery(this).stop()
                },
                function(){
                    $(this).css("left", 200 - $(this).position().left);
                    scroller();
                });
            };
            scroller();
        });
    </script>
</head>
<body onload="">
    <div id="newsticker">
        <ul>
            <li>testing 1 - <a href="test.html">test</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</body>