Anyone Using Tweenlite?

Hi,
I've been using flash to build small websites and banners, mostly simple stuff, and I've been using tweenlite for my tweening.  What is the general opinion about tweenlite?  Is it a good idea to use it?  I find that it works for what I try to do, but I was curious if there were better ways to go about it.  I expect that my coding is very inefficient, but I'm still learning.  My use of tweenlite in general could be summed up as:
MouseEvent > Tweenlite Action (ex: alpha or x / y positions), and basically using the delay options to time out small animations and fades and such.
Essentially, I have been building websites and banners completely using this method.  Which has been working for me in the end, but I feel like my lack of as3 knowledge might be making my code bloated and slow.
An Example of this type of coding can be found at http://www.easysafetyschool.com/.  Check the banners for an Idea of what I do.
Also,  it seems like I have to go through alot of steps for what should seem like a simple action.  For example: define an event listener, then a function for the listener, and then Create a var for a link before I can navigate to it?  Is there a more simpler way to do these kind of navigations?  Creating a button that sends the user to a link is so simple in html.
Chad

I use TweenLite for most all my animation - it's a lot easier to modify timing and such rather than having to move things in the timeline, and it's the fastest tweening engine out there.
And yes, you use overwrite:0 to not have the tween overwrite the prior one. But overwrite takes an int value - false evaluates to 0, but there are other values you can use... not just 0. Though 0 is most common.
Anyway, stick with TweenLite, you'll get there.

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