Flash Site Design - Site Review

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Site Review

Mic

2004-04-04, 9:28 am

Hi all,

Please see my new web site...I would like to receive any comments in
order to improve the design, work flow, speed etc...

thanks,

Mic
www.xpr.co.il

nez9

2004-04-04, 5:36 pm

The initial page (with just the logo) isnt really necessary...I thought it was
a load screen and had to wait for it before I clicked through...next, the
circles that make up the background...the fact that they are rendered as
buttons makes it hard to tell if they actually do anything and gets confusing
with the real buttons, as everything in the page acts like a hotspot...try
making those into movieclips.

As far as the actual navigation, it seems odd that the dark grey circles act
differently than the red ones, even though they have the same icon...It makes
sense academically for the 'folder' icons to expand but my initlal response was
confusion...perhaps change the icon for the sub-navigation...otherwise the
design and flow of the site are well conceived and executed, with a little
tampering this looks like it'll be a great site.

CohenLee

2004-04-05, 7:30 am

Nice clear concept.

A few points:

Perhaps include hit state of your buttons to include text to their right.

The effect of the pale blue movies on BG is nice, however they appear
on(rollover) as buttons
due to the pointer icon. Perhaps change pointer over these movies to stay as
default "arrow" not "hand".

End

Respect to you.

creativity06

2004-04-05, 10:42 pm

I like the idea you have. Very origiinal. Maybe put a border around your movie. Also, the thing on the front page has no use unless you use it to preload.

Ed Massey

2004-04-07, 7:33 am

Reviewed on PC, broadband (576Kbps), on IE5.5, mozilla1.5, Netscape7 &
opera1.1.

I think your design is crisp and cohesive.

The main drawbacks are on technical/scripting issues!

Firstly, The sound button - sound loads only when you turn the button off! -
and stops when you turn it on!

Secondly, your spinning grey discs - almost there but not quite working -
they lag a little and don't quite revolve smoothly enough.

Try to increase the frame rate a little and reduce the decrement of your
_xscale shrink - this should smooth things a little better.

I expect you are using onClipEvent(enterframe){onMouseOver = spin()} or
onEnterFrame = function(){spin()}or something along those lines.
and I presume you are making the _xscale tend to zero for the spin effect.

I wrote some code that uses setInterval to control the spin.
You can find the source on my site. http://edmassey.co.uk
setInterval is more processor-friendly than onEnterFrame, and so will stop
the jerkiness. (Dunno why - it just is!)

Mic

2004-04-07, 9:30 am

Ed Massey wrote:
> Reviewed on PC, broadband (576Kbps), on IE5.5, mozilla1.5, Netscape7 &
> opera1.1.
>
> I think your design is crisp and cohesive.
>
> The main drawbacks are on technical/scripting issues!
>
> Firstly, The sound button - sound loads only when you turn the button off! -
> and stops when you turn it on!
>
> Secondly, your spinning grey discs - almost there but not quite working -
> they lag a little and don't quite revolve smoothly enough.
>
> Try to increase the frame rate a little and reduce the decrement of your
> _xscale shrink - this should smooth things a little better.
>
> I expect you are using onClipEvent(enterframe){onMouseOver = spin()} or
> onEnterFrame = function(){spin()}or something along those lines.
> and I presume you are making the _xscale tend to zero for the spin effect.
>
> I wrote some code that uses setInterval to control the spin.
> You can find the source on my site. http://edmassey.co.uk
> setInterval is more processor-friendly than onEnterFrame, and so will stop
> the jerkiness. (Dunno why - it just is!)
>
>
Thanks to all of you. I appreciate your comments.

I will also try your script for the revolving circles. right now I am
not using any script. it's just a plain MC that has a trigger button.

Mic

Mic

Mic

2004-04-07, 9:30 am

Ed Massey wrote:
> Reviewed on PC, broadband (576Kbps), on IE5.5, mozilla1.5, Netscape7 &
> opera1.1.
>
> I think your design is crisp and cohesive.
>
> The main drawbacks are on technical/scripting issues!
>
> Firstly, The sound button - sound loads only when you turn the button off! -
> and stops when you turn it on!
>
> Secondly, your spinning grey discs - almost there but not quite working -
> they lag a little and don't quite revolve smoothly enough.
>
> Try to increase the frame rate a little and reduce the decrement of your
> _xscale shrink - this should smooth things a little better.
>
> I expect you are using onClipEvent(enterframe){onMouseOver = spin()} or
> onEnterFrame = function(){spin()}or something along those lines.
> and I presume you are making the _xscale tend to zero for the spin effect.
>
> I wrote some code that uses setInterval to control the spin.
> You can find the source on my site. http://edmassey.co.uk
> setInterval is more processor-friendly than onEnterFrame, and so will stop
> the jerkiness. (Dunno why - it just is!)
>
>
Thanks to all of you. I apriciate your comments.

I will also try your script for the recolving circles. right now I am
not using any script. it's just a plain MC that has a triger button.

Mic

Mic

Mic

2004-04-08, 5:33 pm

CohenLee wrote:

> Nice clear concept.
>
> A few points:
>
> Perhaps include hit state of your buttons to include text to their right.
>
> The effect of the pale blue movies on BG is nice, however they appear
> on(rollover) as buttons
> due to the pointer icon. Perhaps change pointer over these movies to stay as
> default "arrow" not "hand".
>
> End
>
> Respect to you.
>
How can change the default "Hand" to "arrow"...?

sorry to email you but I wasn't sure if you see this thread.

Mic

Mic

2004-04-08, 5:33 pm

Hi Ed,

sorry for emailing you but the script you posted is intended to MX 04
and I work on MX. can you please save it as MX ?

thanks a lot for the help,

Mica

Ed Massey wrote:

> Reviewed on PC, broadband (576Kbps), on IE5.5, mozilla1.5, Netscape7 &
> opera1.1.
>
> I think your design is crisp and cohesive.
>
> The main drawbacks are on technical/scripting issues!
>
> Firstly, The sound button - sound loads only when you turn the button off! -
> and stops when you turn it on!
>
> Secondly, your spinning grey discs - almost there but not quite working -
> they lag a little and don't quite revolve smoothly enough.
>
> Try to increase the frame rate a little and reduce the decrement of your
> _xscale shrink - this should smooth things a little better.
>
> I expect you are using onClipEvent(enterframe){onMouseOver = spin()} or
> onEnterFrame = function(){spin()}or something along those lines.
> and I presume you are making the _xscale tend to zero for the spin effect.
>
> I wrote some code that uses setInterval to control the spin.
> You can find the source on my site. http://edmassey.co.uk
> setInterval is more processor-friendly than onEnterFrame, and so will stop
> the jerkiness. (Dunno why - it just is!)
>
>

Ed Massey

2004-04-08, 5:33 pm

to change the hand to an arrow use:

onRollOver = function(){
MC.useHandCursor = true;
}

It's used in the script I sent to you :)

good luck!

Ed