How to fade to display: inline-block
Just to flesh out Phil's good idea, here is a fadeIn() that loads fades in each element with the class .faded in turn, converted to animate() :
Old:
$(".faded").each(function(i) { $(this).delay(i * 300).fadeIn();});
New:
$(".faded").each(function(i) { $(this).delay(i * 300).css('opacity',0).animate({'opacity': 1}, 500);});
Hope that help another jQuery newb like myself :)If there's a better way to do that, please tell us!