startColor = '#ff9900';
fadeColor = '#ff9900';
stepIn = 18;
stepOut = 18;
autoFade = true;
sloppyClass = true;
hexa = new makearray(16);
for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    hexa[i] = i;
hexa[10]='a'; hexa[11]='b'; hexa[12]='c';
hexa[13]='d'; hexa[14]='e'; hexa[15]='f';

document.onmouseover = domouseover;
document.onmouseout = domouseout;

fadeColor = dehexize(fadeColor.toLowerCase());

var fadeId = new Array();

function dehexize(Color){
        var colorArr = new makearray(3);
        for (i=1; i<7; i++){
                for (j=0; j<16; j++){
                        if (Color.charAt(i) == hexa[j]){
                                if (i%2 !=0)
                                        colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]=eval(j)*16;
                                else
                                colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]+=eval(j);
                        }
                }
        }
        return colorArr;
}

function domouseover() {
        if(document.all){
                var srcElement = event.srcElement;
                if ((srcElement.tagName == 'A' && autoFade && srcElement.className != 'nofade') || srcElement.className == 'fade' || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf('fade') != -1)) {
                                if (!srcElement.startColor) {
                                        srcElement.startColor = (srcElement.style.color)? srcElement.style.color: srcElement.currentStyle.color;
                                        srcElement.startColor = dehexize(srcElement.startColor.toLowerCase());
                                }
                                fade(srcElement.startColor,fadeColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepIn);
                }
        }
}

function domouseout() {
        if (document.all){
                var srcElement = event.srcElement;
                if ((srcElement.tagName == 'A' && autoFade && srcElement.className != 'nofade') || srcElement.className == 'fade' || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf('fade') != -1)) {
                                fade(fadeColor,srcElement.startColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepIn);
                }
        }
}

function makearray(n) {
    this.length = n;
    for(var i = 1; i <= n; i++)
        this[i] = 0;
    return this;
}

function hex(i) {
    if (i < 0)
        return '00';
    else if (i > 255)
        return 'ff';
    else
       return '' + hexa[Math.floor(i/16)] + hexa[i%16];
}

function setColor(r, g, b, element) {
      var hr = hex(r); var hg = hex(g); var hb = hex(b);
      element.style.color = '#'+hr+hg+hb;
}

function fade(s,e,element,step) {
        var sr = s[0]; var sg = s[1]; var sb = s[2];
        var er = e[0]; var eg = e[1]; var eb = e[2];

        if (fadeId[0] != null && fade[0] != element) {
                var orig = eval(fadeId[0]);
                setColor(orig.startColor[0],orig.startColor[1],orig.startColor[2],orig);
                var i = 1;
                while(i < fadeId.length) {
                        clearTimeout(fadeId[i]);
                        i++;
                }
        }

        for(var i = 0; i <= step; i++) {
                fadeId[i+1] = setTimeout('setColor(Math.floor(' +sr+ ' *(( ' +step+ ' - ' +i+ ' )/ ' +step+ ' ) + ' +er+ ' * (' +i+ '/' +
                        step+ ')),Math.floor(' +sg+ ' * (( ' +step+ ' - ' +i+ ' )/ ' +step+ ' ) + ' +eg+ ' * (' +i+ '/' +step+
                        ')),Math.floor(' +sb+ ' * ((' +step+ '-' +i+ ')/' +step+ ') + ' +eb+ ' * (' +i+ '/' +step+ ')),'+element+');',i*step);
        }
        fadeId[0] = element;
}