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var totalPics; //total announcements
var picNumber; //current announcement number
var dirOpacity; //current opacity direction
var currentOpacity;
var minOpacity; //minimum amount of opacity fade out
var fadeInRate = .01;
var fadeOutRate = .05;
var maxImageWaitTime = 4; //number of seconds to keep image at 100% opacity
var currentImageWaitTime = 0; //number of seconds image has been at 100% opacity

var pic1 = new Image;
var pic2 = new Image;
//var pic3 = new Image;

function StartPics()
{
    totalPics = 2;
    picNumber = 1;
    dirOpacity = false;

	if (navigator.appName != "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
	{
	  minOpacity = .08;
	  currentOpacity = .99;
	}
	else
	{
	  minOpacity = 8;
	  currentOpacity = 99;
	}
	
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    //preload pics
    //
    pic1.src = "images/why-crawl.jpg";
    pic2.src = "images/when-you-can-run.jpg";
	//pic3.src = "images/testimonial-for-team-on-waterfall.jpg";
    //
    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    setInterval('LoadPics()', 50);
}

function LoadPics()
{
	if (currentImageWaitTime < maxImageWaitTime)
	{
        currentImageWaitTime += .05;
		return;
	}
	
    var fImage = document.getElementById('frontphoto');

    //TODO: Use IE version of opacity if current browser is IE
    
    if (navigator.appName != "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
    {
      fImage.style.opacity = currentOpacity;
    }
    else
    {
      fImage.style.filter="alpha(opacity=" + currentOpacity + ")";
    }
    
    switch (picNumber)
    {
        case 1:
            fImage.src = pic1.src;
            break;
        case 2:
            fImage.src = pic2.src;
            break;
		case 3:
			fImage.src = pic3.src;
			break;
    }


    if (dirOpacity == true)
    {
        if (navigator.appName != "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
        {
          currentOpacity += .01;

          if (currentOpacity > .99)
          {
			  currentImageWaitTime = 0;
              dirOpacity = false;
          }
        }
        else
        {
          currentOpacity += fadeInRate * 100;

          if (currentOpacity > 99)
          {
			  currentImageWaitTime = 0;
              dirOpacity = false;
          }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if (navigator.appName != "Microsoft Internet Explorer")
        {
          currentOpacity -= fadeOutRate;

          if (currentOpacity < minOpacity)
          {
              picNumber++;
              if (picNumber > totalPics)
              {
                  picNumber=1;
              }

              dirOpacity = true;
          }
        }
        else
        {
          currentOpacity -= fadeOutRate * 100;

          if (currentOpacity < minOpacity)
          {
              picNumber++;
              if (picNumber > totalPics)
              {
                  picNumber=1;
              }

              dirOpacity = true;
          }
        }
    }
}

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