A small function for creating beautiful ASCII based animations on your website's title.

tiani.js

/*  
  usage: ASCIIAnimation(param1, param2, param3)

  param1 - array of animation 'frames' (strings)
  param2 - speed of animation in ms

  usage:
  var anim = new ASCIIAnimation([":)",":|",":("], 100);
*/

function ASCIIAnimation(animArray, speed) {
  var currentFrame = 0;
  for(var i = 0; i < animArray.length; i++) {
    animArray[i] = animArray[i].replace(/ /g,"&nbsp;");
    animArray[i] = animArray[i];
  }
  document.title = animArray[0];
  currentFrame++;
  this.animation = setInterval(function() {
    document.title = animArray[currentFrame];
    currentFrame++;
    if(currentFrame >= animArray.length) currentFrame = 0;
  }, speed);
  this.getCurrentFrame = function() {
    return currentFrame;
  }
}

ASCIIAnimation.prototype.stopAnimation = function() {
  clearInterval(this.animation);
}