not terribly important, but now i'm getting ~42 in regular use - i was playing itunes, and had two or three transparent fire windows pulsing previously - perhaps the reason for the slowdown. anyway, if you haven't seen this screen saver, it's very cool: http://www.serenescreen.com --alan On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 03:40 PM, Rod Clifford wrote: > Not to but in, but frame rates can be set in the prefs for Marine > Aquarium (or if you don't blink- > you can count them as they go by) < : ) Rod