Thanks for taking views spy out of views_bonus and adding some improvements.

I have the problem that removed items reappear on subsequent fades. The find function on the last element seems to find items that were already faded out.

Just to illustrate, what I mean, I guess there should be a filter on visibility or opacity:

--- views-simplespy.js  (revision 1397)
+++ views-simplespy.js  (working copy)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                                                        display : 'none'
                                                }).prependTo($list);
                                                // fade the LAST item out
-                                               $list.find('> li:last').animate({ opacity : 0 }, fadespeed, function () {
+                                               $list.find('> li').filter(':eq(' + (limit ) + ')').animate({ opacity : 0 }, fadespeed, function () {
                                                        // increase the height of the NEW first item
                                                        $insert.animate({ height : itemsHeight[currentItem-1] }, slidespeed).animate({ opacity : 1 }, fadespeed);