> since technically there is no next element, it goes back to the front?
There is always a next slide. :-) The problem in IE7 was that I had an extra comma in the code that I posted and a JS error was occurring in IE7. I didn't realize the "extra comma" problem had been fixed in IE8 - good to know. I'm aware that Cycle does not always work well in IE8 standards mode and I've submitted a error report to the IE team. We'll see what happens when the next beta comes out. Cheers!