Spry effects with MenuBar

I have been trying to create a horizontal menu bar with a
slide effect to it.
1st try: using Spry slide effect, create my menu with divs,
and unordered lists: STRIKE 1
2nd try: using "Multiple elements sliding sample", change
code to include unordered list and correct position. Problem: can't
get a mouseover event to occur for main menu or sub-menu items:
STRIKE 2
Next, If anyone knows how to incorporate slide effects with a
menubar, I would be eternally grateful.
My last attempt is at
http://www.spicergroup.com/multiSlide.html
Thanks
JMcLeod

Hi,
Just an FYI, in most browsers, JavaScript executes on the
main UI thread which is the same thread that is responsible for
painting/updating the screen. If you have JS on the page that is
doing some long operation in a tight loop, or if you dynamically
insert lots of HTML content into the document, causing the browser
to recalculate/layout/re-render a lot of content in the page, then
you might see this situation.
I can't tell what your situation is without seeing what you
are actually doing.
--== Kin ==--

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I am using Spry effects combo sample 2. The thumbnails in the sample are all included within the same preview div. I need to include captions underneath the images, so I have each thumbnail and caption within a separate div. The effect still works everywhere except Explorer. In Explorer 7, the image grows behind the image in the next div.
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