ok guys. i've taken all of your suggestions, a few tweaks of my own, and some other random stuff to come out with a completely updated, hybrid design, easy to read, and easy to use (hopefully). if you could take one more look and let me know if there any other major problems, that would be great. than i can move into full scale production tomorrow (or later today i guess). lastest and hopefully final design: > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/tss24/layout3.gif old designs for comparison: > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/tss24/layout.gif > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/tss24/layout2.gif thanks again -ted