macromedia flash sitedesign: Hello everyone,
I'm looking for some input about the design, look, functionality, etc of my site. Let me know what you think. I apperciate your help, thanks!

http://www.razorheart.com

First off, the home-portal, looks good, but the image of the...'razor-heart' (?) doesnt hit the top of the page (im using safari, os x)...in dreamweaver modify>page settings and set all the margins to 0...otherwise looks good...

once inside i got a little alert tab that told me about a performance issue (btw, fps counter in flash...super cool!!!) so I tweaked around so I could see each effect...I poked aruond your folio a bit (the line-break in print folio: chemical reagent is making some text overlap)...otherwise I found no problems (I wasnt super-thorough tho...thats your job)

Overall I like this site ALOT...graphics are really slick, navigation is pretty cool (whats the deal with popping the particles tho? didnt take the time to do it and im not sure what thats all about)...umm...a little unclear the first time I looked that I needed to click in a dead-zone (no hand-cursor to tell me the background was a hotspot) but once I did the navigation worked nicely and has great transitions...overall just clean up those couple little issues and I think the site is awesome, great work!

i liked the overall look but i thought the pop up navigator was annoying and
got in the way by popping up more than i wanted to, maybe if you made the
other hotspots bigger. pretty streamlined though.


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Hi,

Great site. Real nice design, the navigation is one of the most original concepts I've seen...

Unfortunately this is where you may have some problems. For you and I, the navigation is no problem; we work in the graphic industry and its easy for us to pick up on an innovative design such as yours. Unfortunately I think the general public wouldnt understand the 'flow' of your site as easily. Remember, there are people out there who are completly inept when it comes to navigitating on the internet. This includes potential employers.

Personally when I design an interface I try to make it so the viewer doesnt even need to think when they're trying to navigate.

I suggest keeping everything the same, but putting your buttons along the bottom of your site as well, so they're always visible.


Good luck; you're very talented.

Mike

HI!!!
I have check your site and it's really nice, you can navigate so easy for it, in fact there aren't so much buttons than you can get lost. The music, the interface and the design is so nice
Congratulations!!!!

this is why i love flash and why i must continue learning..hahah