slideDown problem in Internet Explorer

slideDown problem in Internet Explorer

Dear all,

I am having a little problem with this code:
  $(document).ready(function(){
      setTimeout('$("#later").slideDown(500);',1200);
      setTimeout('$("#later2").fadeIn("slow");',2000);
  });



The second line is OK. The first line is OK in FireFox, but in Internet Explorer, i notice a sort of very fast flash of the DIV before sliding. It is like the DIV first briefly shows completely, then dissapears again, and only then starts sliding down. All this only takes only 1/10th of a second however.

What could be wrong?

thanks!

Matt