OK. new development. And I -did- switch themes to mini-gnome rc5. Did the netloadmodule for lsslider (wanted desperately for it to work with EcyStep 2) and I can make the buttons -half- work with players. It actually changes the active button when pressed (such as if you use tab when you're lazy with a mouse, it 'highlights' or selects. But it wont do anything. For example, if I press the PLAY/PAUSE button, it'll 'select' the play button in WMP or Real, but won't actually -use- it. Also the whole 'LsSlider Bug Fix' thread hits on the point of LsSlider freezing up the shell and rendering it non-functional and forcing you to use taskman to get back to austerity, which is the problem I have with EcySteps aside from the first two.