okay, I did a bit of research on my own, and found this page that
explains the difference between flash and shockwave.

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/view...3971&sliceId=1

It seems Flash is supposed to be "ubiquitous" - so it should be safe
to use, right?

Which means I'm losing hits hopefully just because it was the last few
weeks of summer vacation.....

Again, sorry to have started a red herring earlier...