var noobSlide = new Class({

initialize: function(params){
this.items = params.items;
this.mode = params.mode || 'horizontal';
this.fade = params.fade || false;
this.modes = {horizontal:['left','width'], vertical:['top','height']};
this.size = params.size || 240;
this.box = params.box.setStyle(this.modes[this.mode][1],(this.size*this.items.length)+'px');
this.button_event = params.button_event || 'click';
this.handle_event = params.handle_event || 'click';
this.onWalk = params.onWalk || null;
this.currentIndex = null;
this.previousIndex = null;
this.nextIndex = null;
this.interval = params.interval || 5000;
this.autoPlay = params.autoPlay || false;
this._play = null;
this.handles = params.handles || null;
if(this.handles){
this.addHandleButtons(this.handles);
}
this.buttons = {
previous: [],
next: [],
play: [],
playback: [],
stop: []
};
if(params.addButtons){
for(var action in params.addButtons){
this.addActionButtons(action, $type(params.addButtons[action])=='array' ? params.addButtons[action] : [params.addButtons[action]]);
}
}
if(this.fade)
{
//Prepare Fading
this.orderItems()
this.fading((params.startItem||0),true,true);
}
else
{
//original Sliding
this.fx = new Fx.Tween(this.box,$extend((params.fxOptions||{duration:500,wait:false}),{property:this.modes[this.mode][0]}));
this.walk((params.startItem||0),true,true);
}
},

//new function for Ordering the Items for Fading
orderItems: function() {
for(i=0;i<this.items.length;i++)
{
this.items[i].setStyle('position', 'absolute')
this.items[i].setStyle('left', '0px');
this.items[i].setStyle('z-index', i+1);
if(i>0)
{
this.items[i].fade('out');
}
}
},

addHandleButtons: function(handles){
for(var i=0;i<handles.length;i++){
if(this.fade)
{
handles[i].addEvent(this.handle_event,this.fading.pass([i,true],this));
}
else
{
handles[i].addEvent(this.handle_event,this.walk.pass([i,true],this));
}
}
},

addActionButtons: function(action,buttons){
for(var i=0; i<buttons.length; i++){
switch(action){
case 'previous': buttons[i].addEvent(this.button_event,this.previous.pass([true],this)); break;
case 'next': buttons[i].addEvent(this.button_event,this.next.pass([true],this)); break;
case 'play': buttons[i].addEvent(this.button_event,this.play.pass([this.interval,'next',false],this)); break;
case 'playback': buttons[i].addEvent(this.button_event,this.play.pass([this.interval,'previous',false],this)); break;
case 'stop': buttons[i].addEvent(this.button_event,this.stop.create({bind:this})); break;
}
this.buttons[action].push(buttons[i]);
}
},

previous: function(manual){
if(this.fade)
{
this.fading((this.currentIndex>0 ? this.currentIndex-1 : this.items.length-1),manual);
}
else
{
this.walk((this.currentIndex>0 ? this.currentIndex-1 : this.items.length-1),manual);
}
},

next: function(manual){
if(this.fade)
{
this.fading((this.currentIndex<this.items.length-1 ? this.currentIndex+1 : 0),manual);
}
else
{
this.walk((this.currentIndex<this.items.length-1 ? this.currentIndex+1 : 0),manual);
}
},

play: function(interval,direction,wait){
this.stop();
if(!wait){
this[direction](false);
}
this._play = this[direction].periodical(interval,this,[false]);
},

stop: function(){
$clear(this._play);
},

walk: function(item,manual,noFx){
if(item!=this.currentIndex){
this.currentIndex=item;
this.previousIndex = this.currentIndex + (this.currentIndex>0 ? -1 : this.items.length-1);
this.nextIndex = this.currentIndex + (this.currentIndex<this.items.length-1 ? 1 : 1-this.items.length);
if(manual){
this.stop();
}
if(noFx){
this.fx.cancel().set((this.size*-this.currentIndex)+'px');
}else{
this.fx.start(this.size*-this.currentIndex);
}
if(manual && this.autoPlay){
this.play(this.interval,'next',true);
}
if(this.onWalk){
this.onWalk((this.items[this.currentIndex] || null), (this.handles && this.handles[this.currentIndex] ? this.handles[this.currentIndex] : null));
}
}
},

//Fading
fading: function(item,manual,noFx){
if(item!=this.currentIndex){
this.lastIndex=this.currentIndex;
this.currentIndex=item;
this.previousIndex = this.currentIndex + (this.currentIndex>0 ? -1 : this.items.length-1);
this.nextIndex = this.currentIndex + (this.currentIndex<this.items.length-1 ? 1 : 1-this.items.length);
if(manual){
this.stop();
}
if(!noFx){
this.items[this.lastIndex].fade('out');
this.items[this.currentIndex].fade('in');
}
if(manual && this.autoPlay){
this.play(this.interval,'next',true);
}
if(this.onWalk){
this.onWalk((this.items[this.currentIndex] || null), (this.handles && this.handles[this.currentIndex] ? this.handles[this.currentIndex] : null));
}
}
}

});