Yes, can reproduce in Chrome. Ticker shows all lines, then loads the forum title image, then ticker cuts to 3 lines of the first message. The entire board listing happily jumps around.
I want to cut the ticker altogether from the page, server-side, for everybody. It's outdated, 22th level design contest was over a year ago. Important stuff shouldn't roll in and out anyway. And moving stuff is distracting regardless of its importance. What do others think?
-- Simon