# Unusual Firefox / IE Flash Plugin Problem

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unusual-firefox-ie-flash-plugin-problem/79138
**Category:** web dev
**Created:** [February 11, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unusual-firefox-ie-flash-plugin-problem/79138 "2005-02-11T03:54:56Z")
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### Author: ![friendcalledben](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/friendcalledben/32/612_2.png) [@friendcalledben](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/friendcalledben)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/unusual-firefox-ie-flash-plugin-problem/79138/1 "2005-02-11T03:54:56Z")

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I hope someone can explain this.

I have created a website for a client that loads around 60 external JPEGs from an XML database. I have made a pretty preloader that hides the pictures that until they are all loaded to ensure they are all visible at once and dont appear sporadically in a messy way.

Now for some reason when I view the website in IE, it works a dream. But when I view it in Firefox, the preloader assumes the images are loaded instantly and reveals them before they are all visible.

Try it for yourself:  
[http://www.afriendcalledben.com/framestore/framestore\_flash.html](http://www.afriendcalledben.com/framestore/framestore_flash.html)

Has this happened to anyone else working with a XML Photo Gallery in Flash? Did anyone work it out?

It depresses me immensely because I hate IE and would loathe to have to write “Best viewed in IE” at the the start.

Cheers for any help,

Ben