Thank you for the reply, I think I found the issue with the chat system. It appears that during the time I was testing this, the chat system was down/slow and I must have had a string of bad luck when I was testing it. I am still interested in getting the browser embedded in adobeair working, I have tried ie6, ie7, and ie8 each with no luck. Additionally, can anyone offer suggestions or a link/tutorial to get better performance with graphically intensive application on ATI cards?