This sounds good, but just isn't true. It's fairly lean, especially on effects: http://api.jquery.com/category/effects/ http://api.jquery.com/category/effects/

This sounds good, but just isn't true. It's fairly lean, especially on effects: http://api.jquery.com/category/effects/ http://api.jquery.com/category/effects/ When you look at that list, fadeToggle makes a lot more sense. The only helper methods are for slide and fade, the most common animation types.