Facebook Like Alert Notifications JS

notifications.js

function alert(textToshow, timeToShow) {
    $("#alertText").html(textToshow);
    $("#alert").fadeIn(1000, function() {
        $("#alertText").fadeIn(700);
    });
    setTimeout(function() {
        hideAlert();
    }, timeToShow);
}

function hideAlert() {
    $("#alert").fadeOut(700);
}

$(document).ready(function() {
    alert("Loading...", 5000);
});

$("button").click(function() {
    alert("You Clicked Me...", 5000);
});