I would like to thank everyone who has given me opinions, comforts, scoldings and lectures about this matter. Felt happy to know that even if there is one not there for me, I still have many, thanks:)
signing out,
happy
/* Gradual-Highlight Image Script II- By J. Mark Birenbaum (birenbau@ugrad.cs.ualberta.ca) Permission granted to Dynamicdrive.com to feature script in archive For full source to script, visit http://dynamicdrive.com */ nereidFadeObjects = new Object(); nereidFadeTimers = new Object(); /* object - image to be faded (actual object, not name); * destop - destination transparency level (ie 80, for mostly solid) * rate - time in milliseconds between trasparency changes (best under 100) * delta - amount of change each time (ie 5, for 5% change in transparency) */ function nereidFade(object, destOp, rate, delta){ if (!document.all) return if (object != "[object]"){ //do this so I can take a string too setTimeout("nereidFade("+object+","+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",0); return; } clearTimeout(nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]); diff = destOp-object.filters.alpha.opacity; direction = 1; if (object.filters.alpha.opacity > destOp){ direction = -1; } delta=Math.min(direction*diff,delta); object.filters.alpha.opacity+=direction*delta; if (object.filters.alpha.opacity != destOp){ nereidFadeObjects[object.sourceIndex]=object; nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]=setTimeout("nereidFade(nereidFadeObjects["+object.sourceIndex+"],"+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",rate); } }