There are ways to prevent Flash from being displayed if you really feel strongly about it. http://www.geocities.jp/baryonlee/noflash/ http://www.jtedley.com/ http://www.deftone.com/blogzilla/archives/enabledisable_flash.html http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPost=4745 Serveral options there. I have a Netscape bookmarklet that lets me immediately turn off Flash for the times when I find it particularly irritating. Other than that, I just ignore it. bonni

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