AOL's browser is butchered beyond belief; a stripped down version of I.E., part of a $750 million anti-trust settlement filed by Netscape in 2002.  The software doesn't even have full support for Java (last time I checked, may be different now).  Sure, the newest version contains some nifty features, like tear-off tabbed browsing, but let's face it: the browser is still designed to correctly interface with AOL's services more than anything else.  And I'll guarantee you, it excels in that area.

Most of the technical reviews on the AOL browser say it has lots of pretty, colorful icons and contains some useful innovations from Firefox, but the performance and bug issues remain, especially with it being an enormous resource hog.  It eats more memory than any other browser on the market; it appears to be terrible at memory management.

Just because you're an AOL user does not mean you need to use the browser supplied by them.  You can install the full version of Internet Explorer and be happy with most of your problems solved.  Being in the IT field, I belong to several tech forums and throughout the years there has always been the issue of AOL's miserable web browser.  The general recommendation is, don't use it.  Nobody is suggesting you dump AOL for a much better ISP, but you can remedy most of your problems with a complete version of I.E., Opera or Firefox.  You yourself said things work fine here with a full I.E.  If you're having issues with your AOL browser, why not contact (good luck!) AOL's tech support for resolution?  After all, it is THEIR browser causing you grief on this web site.

I just don't think it's Renderosity's responsibility to make certain this site operates cleanly with a buggy browser that is so tailored in one direction: to Time Warner's shareholders.

Of course, there is always the possibility of something wrong with your O/S.

All in MHO.  I'm sure you'd rather hear from the admin than me anyway :)