I've been fighting with IE to display flash content that validates and almost got it-1 error on the page:"document type does not allow element "object" here." If I could include an object tag OUTSIDE the <head> I'd be golden but unfortunately the flash animation is a piece/chunk/block that goes beneath buttons and graphics so that makes including the other stuff in the head tag impossible. Any ideas to solving the puzzle? here is the link: http://nicolemuller.com/IMS/FINAL/neutral_states_original/indexvalid.html here is an unvalidated link but it displays perfectly just so every one can see the deal. http://nicolemuller.com/IMS/FINAL/neutral_states_original/index.html I'm a bit new to all this so if the solution seems like a monkey could do it, please bear with me. thanks all!