/*
function initImage() {
  imageId = 'thephoto';
  image = document.getElementById(imageId);
  setOpacity(image, 0);
  image.style.visibility = 'visible';
  fadeIn(imageId,0);
}
*/
function makevisible(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;
}