animation-smoothness

In jQuery, is prepend().hide().fadeIn() not so smooth?

in jQuery, will the following be not so smooth? $('<a href= ... ><img src= ... /></a>').prependTo($('#someDiv')).hide().fadeIn() Will it actually shows the added element for a split second, and then hide it, and then fadeIn ? Then will the animation be not so smooth? Is there any better method? Or the following? $('<a style="disp...

how to transform a sphere to a hemisphere, smoothly

Hi all, I am using a 3rd-party "rotator" object, which is providing a smooth, random rotation along the surface of a sphere. The rotator is used to control a camera (see rotator.h/c in source code for xscreensaver). The output of the rotator is latitude and longitude. What I want is for the camera to stay above the "equator" - thus lim...