Thanks, Mike...yes it is a hack. Too bad the text has to transition in, show poorly briefly, then form up nicely. But, it's better, I think at this point, than simply using a .show.
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Mike Alsup > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:58 AM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Any trick to making text at has been faded in look good? > > > > However, .fadeIn leaves text looking *u-ga-ly*... changing > > .fadeIn to .show leaves text nicely rendered in the browser. > > > > Is there some trick or other way to cause the browsers to > > render text that has been faded in looking good? > > IE is the only browser that struggles with this. Here's a hack: > > http://jquery.malsup.com/fadetest.html