U.Helper

function fade(elementId, fade) {
  var element = document.getElementById(elementId);
   
  // clamp opacity to 0..1
  element.style.opacity = Math.min(1, Math.max(0, element.style.opacity + fade));
  element.style.filter = "alpha(opacity = " + element.style.opacity * 100 + ")"

  if(element.style.opacity === 0)
   element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
  else if(element.style.opacity === 1) {
   element.style.filter = '';

   /* there's got to be a better way to get rid of the ugly alpha effect */
   /*
   element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
   var newGadgetContent = document.createElement("div");
   newGadgetContent.id = element.id;
   newGadgetContent.className = "content";
   newGadgetContent.style.opacity = 1;
    
   newGadgetContent.innerHTML = element.innerHTML;
    
   document.body.appendChild(newGadgetContent);
   */
    
   return;
  }
  else
   window.setTimeout("fade(\"" + element.id + "\"," + fade + ");", 10);
}