Effect.SlideDown = function(element) {
  element = $(element).cleanWhitespace();
  // SlideDown need to have the content of the element wrapped in a container element with fixed height!
  var oldInnerBottom = element.down().getStyle('bottom');
  var elementDimensions = element.getDimensions();
  elementDimensions.height = element.originalHeight;
  return new Effect.Scale(element, 100, Object.extend({ 
    scaleContent: false, 
    scaleX: false, 
    scaleFrom: window.opera ? 0 : 1,
    scaleMode: {originalHeight: elementDimensions.height, originalWidth: elementDimensions.width},
    restoreAfterFinish: true,
    afterSetup: function(effect) {
      effect.element.makePositioned();
      effect.element.down().makePositioned();
      if (window.opera) effect.element.setStyle({top: ''});
      effect.element.makeClipping().setStyle({height: '0px'}).show();
	  effect.element.down().show();
    },
    afterUpdateInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.down().setStyle({bottom:
        (effect.dims[0] - effect.element.clientHeight) + 'px' });
    },
    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.undoClipping().undoPositioned();
      effect.element.down().undoPositioned().setStyle({bottom: oldInnerBottom}); }
    }, arguments[1] || { })
  );
};

Effect.BlindDown = function(element) {
  element = $(element);
  var elementDimensions = element.getDimensions();
  elementDimensions.height = element.originalHeight;
  return new Effect.Scale(element, 100, Object.extend({ 
    scaleContent: false, 
    scaleX: false,
    scaleFrom: 0,
    scaleMode: {originalHeight: elementDimensions.height, originalWidth: elementDimensions.width},
    restoreAfterFinish: true,
    afterSetup: function(effect) {
      effect.element.makeClipping().setStyle({height: '0px'}).show(); 
    },  
    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
      effect.element.undoClipping();
    }
  }, arguments[1] || { }));
};