fade out div after x seconds with jquery

Question

I do a fade in div that is not displayed when I load the page:

    $(\'#overlay\').fadeIn(\'fast\');
    $(\'#box\').fadeIn(\'slow\');

I would

Answer 1

The .delay method is purpose built for what you are describing:

$('#overlay').fadeIn('fast').delay(1000).fadeOut('fast');
$('#box').fadeIn('slow').delay(1000).hide(0);

http://jsfiddle.net/SUBnz/1/