var a = new Array(6);
a[0] = 50;
a[1] = 0;
a[2] = 0;
a[3] = 0;
a[4] = 0;
a[5] = 0;

var b = 0;
var delay = .4;
// increasing maxNum increases stagger
var maxNum = 25;
// increasing fadeTime decreases fade time
var fadeTime = 1;

function fade1() 
{
  obj = getObj("img1");
  obj.filters.alpha.opacity+= fadeTime;
  a[1]++;
  if(a[1] < maxNum) {
    setTimeout("fade1();", delay);
  }
  else {
    fade2();
  }
}

function fade2()
{
  obj1 = getObj("img1");
  obj2 = getObj("img2");
  obj2.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  a[1]+=fadeTime; a[2]+=fadeTime;
  if(a[1] < 100) obj1.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[2] < maxNum) setTimeout("fade2();", delay);
  else fade3();
}

function fade3()
{
  obj1 = getObj("img1");
  obj2 = getObj("img2");
  obj3 = getObj("img3");
  obj3.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  a[1]+=fadeTime; a[2]+=fadeTime; a[3]+=fadeTime;
  if(a[1] < 100) obj1.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[2] < 100) obj2.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[3] < maxNum) setTimeout("fade3();", delay);
  else fade4();
}

function fade4()
{
  obj1 = getObj("img1");
  obj2 = getObj("img2");
  obj3 = getObj("img3");
  obj4 = getObj("img4");
  obj4.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  a[1]+=fadeTime; a[2]+=fadeTime; a[3]+=fadeTime; a[4]+=fadeTime;
  if(a[1] < 100) obj1.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[2] < 100) obj2.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[3] < 100) obj3.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[4] < maxNum) setTimeout("fade4();", delay);
  else fade5();
}

function fade5()
{
  obj1 = getObj("img1");
  obj2 = getObj("img2");
  obj3 = getObj("img3");
  obj4 = getObj("img4");
  obj5 = getObj("img5");
  obj5.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  a[1]+=fadeTime; a[2]+=fadeTime; a[3]+=fadeTime; a[4]+=fadeTime; a[5]+=fadeTime;
  if(a[1] < 100) obj1.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[2] < 100) obj2.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[3] < 100) obj3.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[4] < 100) obj4.filters.alpha.opacity+=fadeTime;
  if(a[5] < 100) setTimeout("fade5();", delay);
}

function getObj(name) {

	if(document.getElementById) {

		return document.getElementById(name);

	}

	else if(document.all) {

                  return document.all[name];

	}

	else if(document.layers) {

                  return document.layers[name];

	}

}