On Jul 23, 4:50 ¨Βν¬ Ημεξ ΘομγονΌδανξβιη®®®ΐηναιμ®γονΎ χςοτεΊ > ¨Β κυστ ξοτιγεΆπαυσεαξ> started my Watir script up. ¨Βμοησ ιξ βυαζτεαβου±° σεγοξδιτ τςιε> to click a link despite my explicit instructions not to until content has > loaded. ¨Βμεαστθουηθτθεω χεςε εψπμιγιτ ιξστςυγτιοξσ They're not explicit instructions. You're merely testing for the value of @last_link. If @last_link is available, you're executing @browser.link which follows the link. If you want explicit, use @browser.wait(). -- Mark.