function initImage(item) {
   imageId=item;
   image=document.getElementById(imageId);
   setOpacity(image, 0);
   image.style.visibility = "visible";
   fadeIn(imageId,0);
}

function fadeIn(objId,opacity) {
   if (document.getElementById) {
      obj=document.getElementById(objId);
      if (opacity <= 100) {
         setOpacity(obj, opacity);
         opacity += 10;
         window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 100);
      }
   }
}

function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
   opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
   // IE/Win
   obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";
   // Safari<1.2, Konqueror
   obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;
   // Older Mozilla and Firefox
   obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
   // Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
   obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
}

//window.onload = function() {initImage()}