jquery-highlightfade

Has the community for the jQuery HighlightFade plugin died?

I'm currently using the jQuery HighlightFade plugin and can't seem to find if anyone is working on the next version (beyond 0.7 that is). I only went out looking for a new version because after I updated my jQuery.UI from 1.5.x to 1.7.x - the plugin doesn't work for IE 6/7/8 anymore (not sure if this plugin depends on jQuery UI, but I w...

Bug in IE with jQuery highlight? Highlighting is sticking on some elements.

Is there anything wrong with this line? $('#' + $(this).attr('id') + 'title').effect("highlight", {}, 5000).fadeIn(1000); It's being applied to a set of divs in cycles - the first time it shows them, and then as it keeps going round it highlights them again (as they are already shown.) Only, in IE7 and IE8 the highlight seems to stic...