<script type="text/javascript">

	isDebug = false;        

	// Fade interval in milliseconds

	// Make this larger if you experience performance issues

	Fadomatic.INTERVAL_MILLIS = 50;

	// Creates a fader

	// element - The element to fade

	// speed - The speed to fade at, from 0.0 to 100.0

	// initialOpacity (optional, default 100) - element's starting opacity, 0 to 100

	// minOpacity (optional, default 0) - element's minimum opacity, 0 to 100

	// maxOpacity (optional, default 0) - element's minimum opacity, 0 to 100

	function Fadomatic (element, rate, initialOpacity, minOpacity, maxOpacity) {

		this._element = element;

		this._intervalId = null;

		this._rate = rate;

		this._isFadeOut = true;

		// Set initial opacity and bounds

		// NB use 99 instead of 100 to avoid flicker at start of fade

		this._minOpacity = 0;

		this._maxOpacity = 99;

		this._opacity = 99;

		if (typeof minOpacity != 'undefined') {

			if (minOpacity < 0) {

				this._minOpacity = 0;

			} else if (minOpacity > 99) {

				this._minOpacity = 99;

			} else {

				this._minOpacity = minOpacity;

			}

		}

		if (typeof maxOpacity != 'undefined') {

			if (maxOpacity < 0) {

				this._maxOpacity = 0;

			} else if (maxOpacity > 99) {

				this._maxOpacity = 99;

			} else {

				this._maxOpacity = maxOpacity;

			}

			if (this._maxOpacity < this._minOpacity) {

				this._maxOpacity = this._minOpacity;

			}

		}

		if (typeof initialOpacity != 'undefined') {

			if (initialOpacity > this._maxOpacity) {

				this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;

			} else if (initialOpacity < this._minOpacity) {

				this._opacity = this._minOpacity;

			} else {

				this._opacity = initialOpacity;

			}

		}

		// See if we're using W3C opacity, MSIE filter, or just

		// toggling visiblity

		if(typeof element.style.opacity != 'undefined') {

			this._updateOpacity = this._updateOpacityW3c;

		} else if(typeof element.style.filter != 'undefined') {

			// If there's not an alpha filter on the element already,

			// add one

			if (element.style.filter.indexOf("alpha") == -1) {

				// Attempt to preserve existing filters

				var existingFilters="";

				if (element.style.filter) {

					existingFilters = element.style.filter+" ";

				}

				element.style.filter = existingFilters+"alpha(opacity="+this._opacity+")";

			}

			this._updateOpacity = this._updateOpacityMSIE;

		} else {

			this._updateOpacity = this._updateVisibility;

		}

		this._updateOpacity();

	}

	// Initiates a fade out

	Fadomatic.prototype.fadeOut = function () {

		this._isFadeOut = true;

		this._beginFade();

	}

	// Initiates a fade in

	Fadomatic.prototype.fadeIn = function () {

		this._isFadeOut = false;

		this._beginFade();

	}

	// Makes the element completely opaque, stops any fade in progress

	Fadomatic.prototype.show = function () {

		this.haltFade();

		this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;

		this._updateOpacity();

	}

	// Makes the element completely transparent, stops any fade in progress

	Fadomatic.prototype.hide = function () {

		this.haltFade();

		this._opacity = 0;

		this._updateOpacity();

	}

	// Halts any fade in progress

	Fadomatic.prototype.haltFade = function () {

		clearInterval(this._intervalId);

	}

	// Resumes a fade where it was halted

	Fadomatic.prototype.resumeFade = function () {

		this._beginFade();

	}

	// Pseudo-private members

	Fadomatic.prototype._beginFade = function () {

		this.haltFade();

		var objref = this;

		this._intervalId = setInterval(function() { objref._tickFade(); },Fadomatic.INTERVAL_MILLIS);

	}

	Fadomatic.prototype._tickFade = function () {

		if (this._isFadeOut) {

			this._opacity -= this._rate;

			if (this._opacity < this._minOpacity) {

				this._opacity = this._minOpacity;

				this.haltFade();

			}

		} else {

			this._opacity += this._rate;

			if (this._opacity > this._maxOpacity ) {

				this._opacity = this._maxOpacity;

				this.haltFade();

			}

		}

		this._updateOpacity();

	}

	Fadomatic.prototype._updateVisibility = function () {

		if (this._opacity > 0) {

			this._element.style.visibility = 'visible';

		} else {

			this._element.style.visibility = 'hidden';

		}

	}

	Fadomatic.prototype._updateOpacityW3c = function () {

		this._element.style.opacity = this._opacity/100;

		this._updateVisibility();

	}

	Fadomatic.prototype._updateOpacityMSIE = function () {

		this._element.filters.alpha.opacity = this._opacity;

		this._updateVisibility();

	}

	Fadomatic.prototype._updateOpacity = null;

	// Override CoalescedHTML methods

	function outputHTML() {

		var insert = document.getElementById("insert");

		if(!!insert && coalescedHTML.isConsecutive) {

			insert.parentNode.replaceChild(coalescedHTML.fragment, insert);

		} else {

			if(insert)

				insert.parentNode.removeChild(insert);

			// insert the documentFragment into the live DOM

			try {

				var fader = new Fadomatic(coalescedHTML.fragment, 9, 0, 0, 95);

			} catch(e) {

				trace(e);

			}

			fader.fadeIn();

		}

		alignChat(coalescedHTML.shouldScroll);

		// reset state to empty/non-coalescing

		coalescedHTML.shouldScroll = undefined;

		coalescedHTML.isConsecutive = undefined;

		coalescedHTML.isCoalescing = false;

		coalescedHTML.coalesceRounds = 0;

	}

	CoalescedHTML.prototype.coalesce = function() {

		window.clearTimeout(this.timeoutID);

		this.timeoutID = window.setTimeout(outputHTML, 25);

		this.isCoalescing = true;

		this.coalesceRounds += 1;

		if(400 < self.coalesceRounds)

			this.cancel();

	}

</script>