flash site test/critique
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- PonyBoy
I had to design and build a microsite in a day... this will sit in place until the 'big' site is done (which will look like this - but be loaded w/more content)...
... anyway - because I had so little time - I'm concerned this may be a little boggy - or some of the timing may be screwed up - I've only had a chance to test this on my machine.
please let me know what anomolies or oddities you see... your thoughts on the motion and design etc...
... let me know what browser and OS you're using too!!
please and thanks!
- quoo0
um, i'm not awake yet, but the flashing arrow that says use the nav is a little too much for my sleepy eyes, maybe it only needs to blink once or twice? and maybe the highlight of that thing across the top, instead of being rainbow coloured could be just red.
- s_t_e_w0
the rainbowcolored text on top is damn cool.
and no, it's not buggy. but indeed there's a little too much flashing and flickering going on.
- quoo0
oh yeah, it is really cool, but it doesn't quite match the feel of the site.
- skt0
The motion is a bit over the top. Could do with being smoother / simplified.
And a ginger woman seems to have escaped the QA.
- davi-t0
Slow it dow, tone it down.
alot.
Design is conservative, motion should be too. I'm in 'properties' and see two old people and I'm thinking 2advanced.com.
- davi-t0
oh yeah. sometimes simpler is better.
- Kill the rectangle mask transition.
- Kill the gay rainbow gradient slide across the pixel font at the top, you can't read what it says when u do that.
- Get rid of all bouncyness.
- This is a community site. Shouldn't we see some images of the community (ie. buildings) etc?
- arinya0
If the animation where smoother and not as jumpy I'd like it even more. It's already good from what I've seen so far.
- j_red0
its nice looking - PLEASE put an audio toggle button on there - if you're listening to music that loop gets in the way or in the office that sounds like a porno or something or anything else - control that sound loop.
looks good.
- PonyBoy0
j_red... there is an audio toggle...
... 2nd... it's 'blingy' - agreed...
no one's on a mac? or is it just running fine?
- s_t_e_w0
me is on mac.
running owkay.but it's a 1.67Ghz powerbook.
- StratusGD0
Runs fine is Safari w/ Flash Player 8, as near as I can tell. Generally, the only comment I have is to slow it down. I like the motion, it's just too fast/too much. The motion can be toned down a bit without losing anything.
Also, if you're going to keep the gradient 'under construction' tag, slow down the mask, and tone down the gradient. It's hard to read the first time through, and stands out a bit too much for a notice like that.
Last, I think the preloader could be much smoother. Everything else on my machine runs great, but the preloader goes in 4-5 chunks. Not a huge thing, but it'd be a nice touch.