function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) 
{ 
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 

    if(opacStart > opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++) 
            { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } 
} 
function changeOpac(opacity, id) 
{ 
    var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
    object.display = 'block';
    object.opacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")"; 
} 
function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) 
{ 
    if(document.getElementById(id).style.display == 'none') 
        opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec);    
    else 
    { 
        opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec); 
        setTimeout("document.getElementById('" + id + "').style.display = 'none';",1000);
    } 
} 

// Detect if the browser is IE or not.
// If it is not IE, we assume that the browser is NS.
var IE = document.all?true:false

// If NS -- that is, !IE -- then set up for mouse capture
if (!IE) document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE)

// Set-up to use getMouseXY function onMouseMove
document.onmousemove = getMouseXY;

// Temporary variables to hold mouse x-y pos.s
var tempX = 0
var tempY = 0

// Main function to retrieve mouse x-y pos.s
function getMouseXY(e) {
  try{
  if (IE) { // grab the x-y pos.s if browser is IE
    tempX = event.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft
    tempY = event.clientY + document.body.scrollTop + document.documentElement.scrollTop
  } else {  // grab the x-y pos.s if browser is NS
    tempX = e.pageX
    tempY = e.pageY
  }  
  // catch possible negative values in NS4
  if (tempX < 0){tempX = 0}
  if (tempY < 0){tempY = 0}  
 }
 catch(e)
 {
    tempX = 0;
    tempY = 0;
 }
  return true
}