diff --git a/source/org/thdl/savant/Savant.java b/source/org/thdl/savant/Savant.java
index cd04e9e..b9c7675 100644
--- a/source/org/thdl/savant/Savant.java
+++ b/source/org/thdl/savant/Savant.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.Label;
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Frame;
+import java.awt.Cursor;
+import java.awt.Window;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.GridLayout;
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
 import java.io.CharArrayWriter;
 import java.io.CharArrayReader;
@@ -59,12 +62,14 @@ import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.text.*;
 import javax.swing.text.rtf.RTFEditorKit;
 
+import org.thdl.media.*;
 import org.thdl.util.ThdlDebug;
 import org.thdl.util.ThdlActionListener;
+import org.thdl.util.ThdlI18n;
 
 public class Savant extends JDesktopPane
 {
-	protected SoundPanel sp = null;
+	protected SmartMoviePanel sp = null;
 	protected TwoWayTextPlayer tp = null;
 
 	protected JInternalFrame videoFrame = null;
@@ -75,25 +80,47 @@ public class Savant extends JDesktopPane
 	protected boolean isFullScreen = false;
 	protected Dimension fullScreenSize = null;
 
-	protected JPanel videoPanel = null;
 	protected JPanel textPanel = null;
 	protected JScrollPane vocabPanel = null;
 
+	protected URL mediaURL = null;
 	protected URL extras = null;
+	protected TranscriptView[] transcriptViews;
 
 	protected int orientation = 0;
+
+	protected ResourceBundle messages;
+
 	public final int TOP_TO_BOTTOM = 1;
 	public final int LEFT_TO_RIGHT = 2;
 
 	public Savant()
 	{
+		messages = ThdlI18n.getResourceBundle();
+
 		setBackground(new JFrame().getBackground());
 		setDragMode(JDesktopPane.OUTLINE_DRAG_MODE);
-		setLayout(new BorderLayout());
-		String labelString = "Please wait while Savant loads this transcript and media.";
-		JLabel label = new JLabel(labelString, SwingConstants.CENTER);
-		label.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 14));
-		add("Center", label);
+
+		//(String title, boolean resizable, boolean closable, boolean maximizable, boolean iconifiable)
+		videoFrame = new JInternalFrame(null, false, false, false, false);
+		videoFrame.setVisible(true);
+		videoFrame.setLocation(0,0);
+		videoFrame.setSize(0,0);
+		add(videoFrame, JLayeredPane.POPUP_LAYER);
+		invalidate();
+		validate();
+		repaint();
+
+		textFrame = new JInternalFrame(messages.getString("Transcript"), false, false, false, true);
+		textPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
+		textFrame.setVisible(true);
+		textFrame.setLocation(0,0);
+		textFrame.setSize(0,0);
+		textFrame.setContentPane(textPanel);
+		add(textFrame, JLayeredPane.DEFAULT_LAYER);
+		invalidate();
+		validate();
+		repaint();
 
 		addComponentListener(new ComponentAdapter()
 		{
@@ -103,24 +130,13 @@ public class Savant extends JDesktopPane
 					case TOP_TO_BOTTOM:
 						videoFrame.setLocation(getSize().width/2 - videoFrame.getSize().width/2, 0);
 						textFrame.setLocation(0, videoFrame.getSize().height);
-						if (vocabFrame != null)
-						{
-							textFrame.setSize(getSize().width / 2, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
-							vocabFrame.setLocation(textFrame.getSize().width, videoFrame.getSize().height);
-							vocabFrame.setSize(getSize().width - textFrame.getSize().width, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
-						} else
-							textFrame.setSize(getSize().width, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
+						textFrame.setSize(getSize().width, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
 						break;
 
 					case LEFT_TO_RIGHT:
 						videoFrame.setLocation(0,0);
 						textFrame.setLocation(videoFrame.getSize().width, 0);
 						textFrame.setSize(getSize().width - videoFrame.getSize().width, getSize().height);
-						if (vocabFrame != null)
-						{
-							vocabFrame.setLocation(0, videoFrame.getSize().height);
-							vocabFrame.setSize(videoFrame.getSize().width, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
-						}
 						break;
 
 					default:
@@ -132,8 +148,13 @@ public class Savant extends JDesktopPane
 
 	public void close()
 	{
-		if (sp != null)
-			sp.destroy();
+		if (sp != null) {
+			try {
+				sp.destroy();
+			} catch (SmartMoviePanelException smpe) {
+				smpe.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	public void open(TranscriptView[] views, String video, String vocabulary)
@@ -149,14 +170,108 @@ public class Savant extends JDesktopPane
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void open(final TranscriptView[] views, final URL video, final URL vocabulary)
-	{
-		videoPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,1));
-		textPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
+	public void setMediaPlayer(SmartMoviePanel smp) {
+		if (sp == smp)
+			return;
 
-		sp = new SoundPanel(this, video, views[0].getT1s(), views[0].getT2s(), views[0].getIDs());
+		if (sp != null) {
+			try {
+				sp.destroy();
+				videoFrame.getContentPane().removeAll();
+			} catch (SmartMoviePanelException smpe) {
+				smpe.printStackTrace();
+				ThdlDebug.noteIffyCode();
+			}
+		}
+
+		sp = smp;
+		sp.setParentContainer(Savant.this);	
+		if (mediaURL != null) {
+			String t1s = convertTimesForSmartMoviePanel(transcriptViews[0].getT1s());
+			String t2s = convertTimesForSmartMoviePanel(transcriptViews[0].getT2s());
+			sp.initForSavant(t1s, t2s, transcriptViews[0].getIDs());
+			sp.addAnnotationPlayer(tp);
+			try {
+				sp.loadMovie(mediaURL);
+				startTimer();
+			} catch (SmartMoviePanelException smpe) {
+				smpe.printStackTrace();
+				ThdlDebug.noteIffyCode();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void startTimer() {
+		final java.util.Timer timer = new java.util.Timer(true);
+		timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
+			public void run()
+			{
+				if (sp.isInitialized())
+				{
+					System.out.println("initialized");
+
+					timer.cancel();
+					videoFrame.getContentPane().add(sp);
+					videoFrame.pack();
+					videoFrame.setMaximumSize(videoFrame.getSize());
+					if (videoFrame.getSize().height < 100) //must be audio file, so frame top to bottom
+					{
+						orientation = TOP_TO_BOTTOM;
+						videoFrame.setTitle(messages.getString("Audio"));
+						videoFrame.setLocation(getSize().width/2 - videoFrame.getSize().width/2, 0);
+						textFrame.setLocation(0, videoFrame.getSize().height);
+						textFrame.setSize(getSize().width, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
+					} else { //must be video file, so frame left to right
+						orientation = LEFT_TO_RIGHT;
+						videoFrame.setTitle(messages.getString("Video"));
+						videoFrame.setLocation(0,0);
+						textFrame.setLocation(videoFrame.getSize().width, 0);
+						textFrame.setSize(getSize().width - videoFrame.getSize().width, getSize().height);
+					}
+					invalidate();
+					validate();
+					repaint();
+
+					Window rootWindow = (Window)SwingUtilities.getAncestorOfClass(Window.class, Savant.this);
+					rootWindow.setCursor(null);
+				}
+		}}, 0, 50);
+	}
+
+	public SmartMoviePanel getMediaPlayer() {
+		return sp;
+	}
+
+	private String convertTimesForSmartMoviePanel(String s) {
+		StringBuffer sBuff = new StringBuffer();
+		StringTokenizer sTok = new StringTokenizer(s, ",");
+		while (sTok.hasMoreTokens()) {
+			sBuff.append(String.valueOf(new Float(Float.parseFloat(sTok.nextToken()) * 1000).intValue()));
+			sBuff.append(',');
+		}
+		return sBuff.toString();
+	}
+	public void open(TranscriptView[] views, URL video, final URL vocabulary)
+	{
+/* FIXME eventually
+   w/Savant and SoundPanel times were in seconds. QuillDriver's
+   SmartMoviePanel uses milliseconds instead, so here I convert
+   (for the time being anyway - eventually we need the same
+   time code format for both QD and Savant. */
+
+		String t1s = convertTimesForSmartMoviePanel(views[0].getT1s());
+		String t2s = convertTimesForSmartMoviePanel(views[0].getT2s());
+
+		if (sp == null) {
+			JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(Savant.this, messages.getString("SupportedMediaError"), null, JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		sp.initForSavant(t1s, t2s, views[0].getIDs());
 		tp = new TwoWayTextPlayer(sp, views[0], Color.cyan);
 
+		transcriptViews = views;
+
 		JPanel jp = new JPanel();
 		String[] viewNames = new String[views.length];
 		for (int i=0; i<views.length; i++)
@@ -167,83 +282,41 @@ public class Savant extends JDesktopPane
 			public void theRealActionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
 			{
 				JComboBox jcb = (JComboBox)e.getSource();
-				setTranscriptView(views[jcb.getSelectedIndex()]);
+				setTranscriptView(transcriptViews[jcb.getSelectedIndex()]);
 			}
 		});
 		jp.add(viewOptions);
 
-		extras = vocabulary;
 		textPanel.add("Center", tp);
 
 		textPanel.add("North", jp);
 		sp.addAnnotationPlayer(tp);
-		sp.start();
-		final Timer timer = new Timer(true);
-		timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
-			public void run()
-			{
-				if (sp.cmd_isSized())
-				{
-					timer.cancel();
-					//(String title, boolean resizable, boolean closable, boolean maximizable, boolean iconifiable)
-					videoFrame = new JInternalFrame(null, false, false, false, false);
-					textFrame = new JInternalFrame("Transcript", false, false, false, true);
-					textFrame.setVisible(true);
-					videoFrame.setVisible(true);
-					if (vocabulary != null)
-					{
-						try {
-							JTextPane vocabPane = new JTextPane();
-							MouseListener[] mls = (MouseListener[])(vocabPane.getListeners(MouseListener.class));
-							for (int i=0; i<mls.length; i++)
-								vocabPane.removeMouseListener(mls[i]);
-							vocabPane.setEditable(false);
-							vocabPanel = new JScrollPane(vocabPane, JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
-							InputStream in = extras.openStream();
-							RTFEditorKit rtf = new RTFEditorKit();
-							rtf.read(in, vocabPane.getDocument(), 0);
-							vocabPane.getCaret().setDot(0);
-						} catch (IOException ioe) {
-							ioe.printStackTrace();
-							ThdlDebug.noteIffyCode();
-						} catch (BadLocationException ble) {
-							ble.printStackTrace();
-							ThdlDebug.noteIffyCode();
-						}
-						vocabFrame = new JInternalFrame("About the Video", false, false, false, true);
-						vocabFrame.setContentPane(vocabPanel);
-						vocabFrame.setVisible(true);
-					}
-					videoPanel.add(sp);
-					videoFrame.setContentPane(videoPanel);
-					videoFrame.pack();
-					videoFrame.setMaximumSize(videoFrame.getSize());
-					textFrame.setContentPane(textPanel);
-					if (videoFrame.getSize().height < 100) //must be audio file, so frame top to bottom
-					{
-						orientation = TOP_TO_BOTTOM;
-						videoFrame.setTitle("Audio");
-						videoFrame.setLocation(getSize().width/2 - videoFrame.getSize().width/2, 0);
-						textFrame.setLocation(0, videoFrame.getSize().height);
-						if (vocabulary != null)
-						{
-							textFrame.setSize(getSize().width / 2, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
-							vocabFrame.setLocation(textFrame.getSize().width, videoFrame.getSize().height);
-							vocabFrame.setSize(getSize().width - textFrame.getSize().width, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
-						} else
-							textFrame.setSize(getSize().width, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
-					} else { //must be video file, so frame left to right
-						orientation = LEFT_TO_RIGHT;
-						videoFrame.setTitle("Video");
-						videoFrame.setLocation(0,0);
-						textFrame.setLocation(videoFrame.getSize().width, 0);
-						textFrame.setSize(getSize().width - videoFrame.getSize().width, getSize().height);
-						if (vocabulary != null)
-						{
-							vocabFrame.setLocation(0, videoFrame.getSize().height);
-							vocabFrame.setSize(videoFrame.getSize().width, getSize().height - videoFrame.getSize().height);
-						}
-					}
+	try {
+		sp.loadMovie(video);
+		mediaURL = video;
+		startTimer();	
+	} catch (SmartMoviePanelException smpe) {
+			smpe.printStackTrace();
+			ThdlDebug.noteIffyCode();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void setTranscriptView(TranscriptView view)
+	{
+		textPanel.invalidate();
+		textPanel.remove(tp);
+		tp.reset();
+		tp = new TwoWayTextPlayer(sp, view, Color.cyan);
+		sp.addAnnotationPlayer(tp);
+		if (sp.isPlaying())
+			sp.launchAnnotationTimer();
+		textPanel.add("Center", tp);
+		textPanel.validate();
+		textPanel.repaint();
+	}
+}
+
+/*
 					if (sp.getVisualComponent() != null)
 					{ //video, so can be full screen
 						sp.getVisualComponent().addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()
@@ -256,7 +329,7 @@ public class Savant extends JDesktopPane
 								{
 									fullScreen = new JFrame();
 
-									/* We don't do anything special if this fails: */
+				We don't do anything special if this fails:
 									JdkVersionHacks.undecorateJFrame(fullScreen);
 
 									fullScreen.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.black);
@@ -294,11 +367,11 @@ public class Savant extends JDesktopPane
 									visual = sp.popVisualComponent();
 									fullScreen.show();
 
-									/* FIXME: In SavantShell, we test
+						FIXME: In SavantShell, we test
                                        to see if MAXIMIZE_BOTH is
                                        supported, but we don't
-                                       here. */
-									/* Ignore failure: */
+                                       here. 
+							Ignore failure:
 									JdkVersionHacks.maximizeJFrameInBothDirections(fullScreen);
 
 									fullScreen.getContentPane().add(visual);
@@ -312,36 +385,4 @@ public class Savant extends JDesktopPane
 							}
 						});
 					}
-					removeAll();
-					setLayout(null);
-					add(videoFrame, JLayeredPane.POPUP_LAYER);
-					invalidate();
-					validate();
-					repaint();
-					add(textFrame, JLayeredPane.DEFAULT_LAYER);
-					invalidate();
-					validate();
-					repaint();
-					if (vocabulary != null)
-					{
-						add(vocabFrame, JLayeredPane.DEFAULT_LAYER);
-						invalidate();
-						validate();
-						repaint();
-					}
-				}
-			}}, 0, 50);
-	}
-
-	public void setTranscriptView(TranscriptView view)
-	{
-		textPanel.invalidate();
-		textPanel.remove(tp);
-		tp.reset();
-		tp = new TwoWayTextPlayer(sp, view, Color.cyan);
-		sp.addAnnotationPlayer(tp);
-		textPanel.add("Center", tp);
-		textPanel.validate();
-		textPanel.repaint();
-	}
-}
+*/
diff --git a/source/org/thdl/savant/SavantShell.java b/source/org/thdl/savant/SavantShell.java
index c082d9c..220da44 100644
--- a/source/org/thdl/savant/SavantShell.java
+++ b/source/org/thdl/savant/SavantShell.java
@@ -23,17 +23,21 @@ import java.awt.*;
 import java.net.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;
 import java.awt.event.*;
 import javax.swing.text.*;
 import javax.swing.text.rtf.*;
 
 import org.thdl.savant.ucuchi.*;
 import org.thdl.savant.tib.*;
+import org.thdl.media.*;
 import org.thdl.util.TeeStream;
 import org.thdl.util.ThdlDebug;
 import org.thdl.util.ThdlActionListener;
 import org.thdl.util.RTFPane;
 import org.thdl.util.SimpleFrame;
+import org.thdl.util.ThdlI18n;
+
 
 public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 {
@@ -41,11 +45,13 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 	private static JScrollPane helpPane = null;
 	private static JScrollPane aboutPane = null;
 	private static String mediaPath = null;
+	private static JFileChooser fileChooser;
 
-	private JFileChooser fileChooser;
-	private javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter savantFilter;
 	private Savant savant = null;
 
+	static Locale locale = null;
+	ResourceBundle messages = null;
+
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		try {
 			ThdlDebug.attemptToSetUpLogFile("savant", ".log");
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 			try {
 				UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
 			} catch (Exception e) { ThdlDebug.noteIffyCode(); }
-            
+          
             try {
                 helpPane = new RTFPane(SavantShell.class, "savanthelp.rtf");
                 aboutPane = new RTFPane(SavantShell.class, "aboutsavant.rtf");
@@ -71,39 +77,34 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
                 ThdlDebug.noteIffyCode();
             }
 
+ 			if (args.length == 2) {
+				locale = new Locale(new String(args[0]), new String(args[1]));
+				ThdlI18n.setLocale(locale);
+			}
+
+			initFileChooser();
 			SavantShell ssh = new SavantShell();
 			ssh.setVisible(true);
-			ssh.initFileChooser();
 		} catch (NoClassDefFoundError err) {
 			ThdlDebug.handleClasspathError("Savant's CLASSPATH", err);
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void initFileChooser() {
+	public static void initFileChooser() {
 		fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
 		fileChooser.setFileView(new SavantFileView());
-		savantFilter = new SavantFilter();
-		fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(savantFilter);
-	}
-
-	public void setFileChooser(JFileChooser fc) {
-		fileChooser = fc;
-	}
-
-	private class SavantFilter extends javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter {
-		// accepts all directories and all savant files
-
-		public boolean accept(File f) {
-			if (f.isDirectory()) {
-				return true;
+		fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(new FileFilter() {
+			public boolean accept(File f) {
+				if (f.isDirectory()) {
+					return true;
+				}
+				return f.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(SavantFileView.getDotSavant());
 			}
-			return f.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(SavantFileView.getDotSavant());
-		}
-    
-		//the description of this filter
-		public String getDescription() {
-			return "Savant data (.savant)";
-		}
+    			//the description of this filter
+			public String getDescription() {
+				return "Savant data (.savant)";
+			}
+		});
 	}
 
 	/** Closes one open title, if there is one open. Returns true if
@@ -136,11 +137,13 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 	public SavantShell()
 	{
 		setTitle("Savant");
+		messages = ThdlI18n.getResourceBundle();
+		savant = new Savant();
 
 		JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();
-		JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
+		JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu(messages.getString("File"));
 
-		JMenuItem openItem = new JMenuItem("Open");
+		JMenuItem openItem = new JMenuItem(messages.getString("Open"));
 		openItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_O,java.awt.Event.CTRL_MASK));
 		openItem.addActionListener(new ThdlActionListener() {
 			public void theRealActionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
@@ -165,7 +168,8 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 			}
 		});
 
-		JMenuItem closeItem = new JMenuItem("Close");
+
+		JMenuItem closeItem = new JMenuItem(messages.getString("Close"));
 		closeItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_C,java.awt.Event.CTRL_MASK));
 		closeItem.addActionListener(new ThdlActionListener()
 		{
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 			}
 		});
 
-		JMenuItem quitItem = new JMenuItem("Quit");
+		JMenuItem quitItem = new JMenuItem(messages.getString("Quit"));
 		quitItem.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_Q,java.awt.Event.CTRL_MASK));
 		quitItem.addActionListener(new ThdlActionListener()
 		{
@@ -209,21 +213,43 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 		fileMenu.addSeparator();
 		fileMenu.add(quitItem);
 
-		JMenu infoMenu = new JMenu("Information");
-		JMenuItem helpItem = new JMenuItem("Help");
+
+		JMenu mediaPlayerMenu = new JMenu(messages.getString("MediaPlayer"));
+		java.util.List moviePlayers = SmartPlayerFactory.getAllAvailableSmartPlayers();
+		for (int i=0; i<moviePlayers.size(); i++) {
+			final SmartMoviePanel mPlayer = (SmartMoviePanel)moviePlayers.get(i);
+			JMenuItem mItem = new JMenuItem(mPlayer.getIdentifyingName());
+			mItem.addActionListener(new ThdlActionListener() {
+				public void theRealActionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+					savant.setMediaPlayer(mPlayer);
+				}
+			});
+			mediaPlayerMenu.add(mItem);
+		}
+
+		JMenu preferencesMenu = new JMenu(messages.getString("Preferences"));
+		if (moviePlayers.size() > 0) {
+			SmartMoviePanel defaultPlayer = (SmartMoviePanel)moviePlayers.get(0);
+			savant.setMediaPlayer(defaultPlayer); //set savant media player to default
+			if (moviePlayers.size() > 1)
+				preferencesMenu.add(mediaPlayerMenu);
+		}
+
+		JMenu infoMenu = new JMenu(messages.getString("InfoShort"));
+		JMenuItem helpItem = new JMenuItem(messages.getString("Help"));
 		helpItem.addActionListener(new ThdlActionListener()
 		{
 			public void theRealActionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
 			{
-				new SimpleFrame("Help", helpPane);
+				new SimpleFrame(messages.getString("Help"), helpPane);
 			}
 		});
-		JMenuItem aboutItem = new JMenuItem("About");
+		JMenuItem aboutItem = new JMenuItem(messages.getString("About"));
 		aboutItem.addActionListener(new ThdlActionListener()
 		{
 			public void theRealActionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
 			{
-				new SimpleFrame("About", aboutPane);
+				new SimpleFrame(messages.getString("About"), aboutPane);
 			}
 		});
 		infoMenu.add(helpItem);
@@ -235,6 +261,7 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 		infoMenu.getPopupMenu().setLightWeightPopupEnabled(false);
 
 		menuBar.add(fileMenu);
+		menuBar.add(preferencesMenu);
 		menuBar.add(infoMenu);
 		setJMenuBar(menuBar);
 
@@ -269,13 +296,14 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 	public void newSavantWindow(String project, String titleName, URL trn, URL vid, URL abt)
 	{
 		try {
-			if (numberOfSavantsOpen == 0)
+			if (numberOfSavantsOpen == 0) {
+				setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));
 				openSavant(project, titleName, trn, vid, abt);
-			else {
+			} else {
 				SavantShell scp = new SavantShell();
 				scp.setVisible(true);
+				setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));
 				scp.openSavant(project, titleName, trn, vid, abt);
-				scp.setFileChooser(fileChooser);
 			}
 			numberOfSavantsOpen++;
 		} catch (NoClassDefFoundError err) {
@@ -286,7 +314,6 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 	public void openSavant(String project, String titleName, URL trn, URL vid, URL abt)
 	{
 		setTitle(titleName);
-		savant = new Savant();
 		setContentPane(savant);
 		validate();
 		savant.paintImmediately(0,0,savant.getWidth(),savant.getHeight());
@@ -324,11 +351,13 @@ public class SavantShell extends JFrame
 
 			if (i!=-1)
 			{
+/*
 				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, 
 					"If you want to see text in Tibetan script, "+
 					"please visit www.thdl.org to download and "+
 					"install the Tibetan Machine Web fonts.",
 					"Note", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
+*/
 
 				TranscriptView[] views = new TranscriptView[3];
 				views[0] = new org.thdl.savant.tib.Wylie(isr);