var x,y
var step=20
var flag=0

var message="Badminton in Sachsen +++"
message=message.split("")

var xpos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
        xpos[i]=-50
}

var ypos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
        ypos[i]=-50
}

function handlerMM(e){
        x = (document.layers) ? e.pageX : document.body.scrollLeft+event.clientX
        y = (document.layers) ? e.pageY : document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY
        flag=1
}

function makesnake() {
        if (flag==1 && document.all) {
        for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) {
                        xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
                        ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
        }
                xpos[0]=x+step
                ypos[0]=y
        
                for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
                var thisspan = eval("span"+(i)+".style")
                thisspan.posLeft=xpos[i]
                        thisspan.posTop=ypos[i]
        }
        }
        
        else if (flag==1 && document.layers) {
        for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) {
                        xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
                        ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
        }
                xpos[0]=x+step
                ypos[0]=y
        
                for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
                var thisspan = eval("document.span"+i)
                thisspan.left=xpos[i]
                        thisspan.top=ypos[i]
        }
        }
                var timer=setTimeout("makesnake()",30)
}


function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);}


for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
    document.write("<span id='span"+i+"' class='spanstyle'>")
        document.write(message[i])
    document.write("</span>")
}

if (document.layers){
        document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
}
document.onmousemove = handlerMM;