I also forgot to include this link:

http://www.hotscripts.com/Flash/index.html

tell her to go snooping around over there, she'll find other transitions to use.
Here's one I found:
http://www.adriantnt.com/products/flash_photo_gallery/

If the client's machine is low on memory it will affect any graphic representation because images and graphics programs are like a memory dope fiend that steals from everywhere it can, it sloooooows everything...

Hope this helps.. I have other issues, like localizing my site into 8 different languages...now that's fun....

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