var timerlen = 4;
var slideAniLen = 1000;
var factor = 3;

var timerID = new Array();
var startTime = new Array();
var obj = new Array();
var endHeight = new Array();
var moving = new Array();
var dir = new Array();


/* MINI API */

function slidedown(objname){
  if(moving[objname])
    return;
 
  if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display != "none")
    return; // cannot slide down something that is already visible
 
  moving[objname] = true;
  dir[objname] = "down";
  startslide(objname);
}
 
function slideup(objname){
  if(moving[objname])
    return;
 
  if(document.getElementById(objname).style.display == "none")
    return; // cannot slide up something that is already hidden
 
  moving[objname] = true;
  dir[objname] = "up";
  startslide(objname);
}



function startslide(objname){
  obj[objname] = document.getElementById(objname);
 
  endHeight[objname] = parseInt(obj[objname].style.height);
  startTime[objname] = (new Date()).getTime();
 
  if(dir[objname] == "down"){
    obj[objname].style.height = "1px";
  }
 
  obj[objname].style.display = "block";
 
  timerID[objname] = setInterval('slidetick(\'' + objname + '\');',timerlen);
}

/*  ORIGINAL SLIDE CODE
function slidetick(objname){
  var elapsed = (new Date()).getTime() - startTime[objname];
 
  if (elapsed > slideAniLen)
    endSlide(objname)
  else {
    var d =Math.round(elapsed / slideAniLen * endHeight[objname]);
    if(dir[objname] == "up")
      d = endHeight[objname] - d;
 
    obj[objname].style.height = d + "px";
  }
 
  return;
}
*/

function slidetick(objname){
  var elapsed = (new Date()).getTime() - startTime[objname];

  if (elapsed > slideAniLen)
    endSlide(objname)
  else {
	var timeratio = (elapsed / slideAniLen);
	timeratio = Math.pow(timeratio,factor);
	var d =Math.round( timeratio * endHeight[objname]);
	  if(dir[objname] == "up")
	  d = endHeight[objname] - d;
	obj[objname].style.height = d + "px";
	}
return;
}




function endSlide(objname){
  clearInterval(timerID[objname]);
 
  if(dir[objname] == "up")
    obj[objname].style.display = "none";
 
  obj[objname].style.height = endHeight[objname] + "px";
 
  delete(moving[objname]);
  delete(timerID[objname]);
  delete(startTime[objname]);
  delete(endHeight[objname]);
  delete(obj[objname]);
  delete(dir[objname]);
 
  return;
}