Sorry, I can't get it to work (or not work). Your page looks great from my pc. I'm running WinXP Pro, and tried it in Mozilla browser v1.4 (5.0 engine) and Netscape 7.1, as well as a few others... Like you mentioned, it seems to be that the browser is 'forgetting' something, and then on reload, figures it out. I wondered about your 'DTD' declaration, but the fact that it reloads fine leads me to believe it's something else.