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macromedia flash sitedesign
group:hi all new site for you all to rip apart lol
macromedia flash sitedesign:
This is my second attempt at a website :)
feel free to be critical, except regarding the content which I had no control over! I know that there are page turn effects that are better but It was an excercise in animation that I wanted also, one page is frame by frame another is shape tween. I am aware that there are issues with login, especially from the lowbandwidth and no flash sites, I wouldnt bother going to the main site unless u have broadband lol! Cheers in advance!
In my opinion, your website had 2 major flaws.
1. The shapes are bitmap and they would look much nicer as vector shapes. 2. You didn't define dimentions to your flash document so on a 1280x1024 resolution, it doesn't look so clean.
A URL would be handy... ;)
-- --------------------------------------- http://www.phageinteractive.com PhageInteractive Ltd. remove mm_ to mail --------------------------------------- 'If I come across as a grumpy and twisted old man, it's just because I'm a grumpy, twisted, old man." - me ---------------------------------------
lol I fink i fluffed that one :P
http://www.itfutures-uk.com everyones a critic :P [quoted text, click to view] "privatenews.microsoft.com" <ruffup@msn.com> wrote in message news:c8085l$58g$1@forums.macromedia.com... > This is my second attempt at a website :) > > feel free to be critical, except regarding the content which I had no > control over! I know that there are page turn effects that are better but It > was an excercise in animation that I wanted also, one page is frame by frame > another is shape tween. > > I am aware that there are issues with login, especially from the > lowbandwidth and no flash sites, > > I wouldnt bother going to the main site unless u have broadband lol! > > Cheers in advance! > >
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> lol I fink i fluffed that one :P heh - easily done - once at least ;) [quoted text, click to view] > everyones a critic :P indeed, and so... The site looks too cluttered to me, and really quite dull design wise. The animated menu on the home page is impractical and distracting. From a useability standpoint, it's really annoying to have to press the back button to choose a new menu option, and if you go to the 'what do we offer' section and choose a heading, it pops up the window. If you then choose another heading (which as you have clicked on the original window, hides the popup) the new content is hidden. To summarise (and I'm not trying to be cruel here, just giving my honest opinion) I found the site ugly and hard to use :( Sorry for such harsh words. -- --------------------------------------- http://www.phageinteractive.com PhageInteractive Ltd. remove mm_ to mail --------------------------------------- 'If I come across as a grumpy and twisted old man, it's just because I'm a grumpy, twisted, old man." - me ---------------------------------------
Gees u lot are critical hehe, good job I dont take it personal, thanks for
the feedback, anything that I should keep?? or shall I scrap it and start again telling them to stop trying to be so wordy and do it with pictures lol! [quoted text, click to view] "Adman2004" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message "text heavy". So...I didn't read it. :-( Sorry.news:c80o7t$r68$1@forums.macromedia.com... > Sorry...it doesn't "invite" me to read it. Looks too plain and boring and
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"Peter Blumenthal" <mm_pete@phageinteractive.com> wrote in message news:c80h31$hmh$1@forums.macromedia.com... To summarise (and I'm not trying to be cruel here, just giving my honest opinion) I found the site ugly and hard to use :( Sorry for such harsh words thats what I thought but my boss seems to think its great lol, mby now ill get to do it my way :) I started here as a project manager and cant for the life of me understand why i ended up doing this website :),
Project manager to Flash designer in one easy job ;)
good luck with it all. -- --------------------------------------- http://www.phageinteractive.com PhageInteractive Ltd. remove mm_ to mail --------------------------------------- 'If I come across as a grumpy and twisted old man, it's just because I'm a grumpy, twisted, old man." - me --------------------------------------- ..
Yes, way to much text. Usually people wont want to stick around on your
site and read everything. You might want to hire a designer. Design is a skill and a talent that most left brain people just do not have. [quoted text, click to view] "privatenews.microsoft.com" <ruffup@msn.com> wrote in message news:c8085l$58g$1@forums.macromedia.com... > This is my second attempt at a website :) > > feel free to be critical, except regarding the content which I had no > control over! I know that there are page turn effects that are better but It > was an excercise in animation that I wanted also, one page is frame by frame > another is shape tween. > > I am aware that there are issues with login, especially from the > lowbandwidth and no flash sites, > > I wouldnt bother going to the main site unless u have broadband lol! > > Cheers in advance! > >
I had a G.D. student do his work week apprenticeship with me this year and one
day he asked what separated a good flash (not html) site designer from a bad one. Actionscript? Animated illustrations? Zippy intro's? No. User driven navigation, that's it, really. Your site unfortunately does not offer user driven navigation and it really is the first thing you should work on. By that I mean simply this, as you navigate deeper into a flash site, more often than not (and this is due to the complexity of managing multiple mc's and instances) in an amateur site you are confronted with the infamous "back" button. Nothing else to navigate by. While this may suffice for the casual surfer, pro's know that this is the sign of poor pre stage planning and understanding of flash. Hit any of the top developers sites and take notice not of all the eye candy, rather the fact that no matter where you are in the site, ALL of your navigation options are readily available and accesible at ALL times. Take this one step further and note that the integrity of scene transitions are also maintained from any navigational link within the site and you have a good flash site. This is not as simple as it sounds to accomplish. My 2 cents...
thanks acadian,,
im going to start over with the whole site :) this has taught me alot in such a short time and your feedback is valued [quoted text, click to view] "acadian" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message news:c84i0u$jvc$1@forums.macromedia.com... > I had a G.D. student do his work week apprenticeship with me this year and one > day he asked what separated a good flash (not html) site designer from a bad > one. Actionscript? Animated illustrations? Zippy intro's? No. User driven > navigation, that's it, really. Your site unfortunately does not offer user > driven navigation and it really is the first thing you should work on. By that > I mean simply this, as you navigate deeper into a flash site, more often than > not (and this is due to the complexity of managing multiple mc's and instances) > in an amateur site you are confronted with the infamous "back" button. Nothing > else to navigate by. While this may suffice for the casual surfer, pro's know > that this is the sign of poor pre stage planning and understanding of flash. > Hit any of the top developers sites and take notice not of all the eye candy, > rather the fact that no matter where you are in the site, ALL of your > navigation options are readily available and accesible at ALL times. Take this > one step further and note that the integrity of scene transitions are also > maintained from any navigational link within the site and you have a good flash > site. This is not as simple as it sounds to accomplish. > > My 2 cents... >
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