Flash based slide show for iWeb

If you are like me you find matching the default slideshow visually with your site difficult and it can make you look for something other than what Apple has included. Since I know flash much better than javascript I've created something lightweight but robust in flash 8. It sets the images on a black background and gives them a reflection (matches the reflection effects in iWeb).
Sample:
http://www.joshuabunting.com/sample/2007%20-%20Nursery.html
Download it:
http://www.joshuabunting.com/myBlog/files/SlideShow_Assets.zip
To install all you have to do is replace your older "SlideShow_assets" folder with this one. That's it - no changing the iWeb javascript files or anything. I wrote a script in javascript that will read the image data from the original javascript and insert it into the flash.
Some of the benefits of this flash slideshow (besides a visual upgrade) is that it preloads all the images, allows you to right click and print the image or view it in another window (for downloading), and includes slideshow controls via left and right keypresses. Its also very lightweight. Let me know if anyone runs into any bugs or issues and I can update it.
If you want more information about this Slideshow you can go here:
http://www.joshuabunting.com/myBlog/?q=node/6
Dual G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hey Josh
Really nice job there - I like it. I recently ditched the iWeb slideshow for a number of reason, the main ones being i) too slow, and ii) I hated direct publishing to .Mac from iWeb. A question or two - is there any way to see thumbnails at the top or on the sides so that the viewer can skip straight to a particular photo? Also, the viewer controls (at least in IE which I am using at work) obscure the comments accompanying the photo. Apart from those two teeny things, I love the way you've set it up - nice work!
I am currently using Simpleviewer (see my albums linked from http://www.narly.co.nz), which seems to do the trick although does involve a little html tweaking, which I don't really mind. I can see how yours would be a gazillion times easier to implement though!
Narly

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