Flash Site Design - Site check please

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Site check please

Rayzor

2004-04-21, 3:15 pm

I would like coments on design, speed and capatibility.

Thanks

Alhakan

2004-04-21, 3:15 pm

about :blank??? can you send your url??

Rayzor escribió:
> I would like coments on design, speed and capatibility.
>
> Thanks

Rayzor

2004-04-21, 3:15 pm

http://www.rayzorsharpedesigns.com.au

rlragona

2004-04-21, 3:15 pm

The *clink clink* noises on link rollover are a bit annoying. The animated info
screens that come down from the top look a bit choppy - you might want to up
the FPS, and the accompanying noise is slightly painful. Well done, though. Try
upping the FPS site-wide.

urelocalwhiteguy

2004-04-21, 3:15 pm

hey the web-site looks great, but people on dialup may push the back button before its done loading... took bout 14 seconds over here on broadband in the US.

tralfaz

2004-04-21, 3:16 pm

"rlragona" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:c5sbt9$9u3$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> The *clink clink* noises on link rollover are a bit annoying. The animated
info
> screens that come down from the top look a bit choppy - you might want to
up
> the FPS, and the accompanying noise is slightly painful. Well done,
though. Try
> upping the FPS site-wide.

Upping the FPS would be a bad idea because the CPU load is extremely high
already.

Followup to my previous feedback...
(P4 1.8ghz XP Home, IE 6)
The cpu load when the site comes up on the main page is about 20%. Not so
bad.
If I bring down one of the transparent menus, especially "about us" or "web
hosting", the cpu load jumps sky high.. 80 to 98%.
The reason is transparency. Transparency over large areas of moving objects
is just a killer for cpu demand.
I think if you remove the transparency the load will drop a lot. I know it
looks cool but it's gunna really bog down on slower computers. I am seeing
these other responses that say it is choppy. For me it isn't choppy because
I haven't hit 100% cpu load yet. If it reaches 100% on older computers it's
gonna start to mess up. You might want to re-think the sizes or lose the
transparent menus. Just a suggestion. Good luck.
HTH
tralfaz

Rayzor

2004-04-21, 3:16 pm

OK, I have increased frame rate from 12 to 16 and doubled the length of the
tweaning on the drop down panels.
If this does not correct the choppyness of the drop down panels, I will have
to consider removing the transparent effect as "tralfaz" suggests

I have also added a preloader movie for people with a slower connection.

tralfaz

2004-04-21, 3:16 pm

"Rayzor" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:c5v0gc$3t$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> OK, I have increased frame rate from 12 to 16 and doubled the length of
the
> tweaning on the drop down panels.
> If this does not correct the choppyness of the drop down panels, I will
have
> to consider removing the transparent effect as "tralfaz" suggests
>
> I have also added a preloader movie for people with a slower connection.

Hi again, Rayzor,

I don't want you to think I am just trying to give you a hard time. I
mention the cpu load because it's something I learned the hard way and I
want to help you avoid the same mistakes I made.

The deal is, if you develop your movies on a fast computer you have to be
careful to test it on a slow computer too. When I look at your site with my
1.8ghz computer and see the cpu load way up near 90% when I pull down one of
your transparent menus, I know without looking that when someone with a
slower computer looks at it, the menu is going to come down in a bad jerky
motion. If you increase the frame rate, it adds even more load to the cpu.

What I found out is that to keep cpu load down you need to avoid using a lot
of transparency.. use it very sparingly in small areas. Very large
transparent areas really drag down the computer's ability to keep up.
Moving large bitmaps around is another one that takes a lot of cpu power.

If you don't know how to check the cpu load, (Windows), it's just a matter
of pressing CTRL-ATL-DEL and bringing up the task manager window. Click on
the "Processes" tab. Look at the list of programs currently running on your
computer for IEXPLORER.EXE and under the column labeled CPU look at the
number. Watch that number as you pull down the "about us" menu. See how
the cpu load jumps up real high?

Anyway, man this is a long response. hehehe Good luck.
tralfaz

guns4jesus

2004-05-13, 5:37 pm

"flash_designer" <flash_designer.166akp@mail.forum4designers.com> wrote in
message news:flash_designer.166akp@mail.forum4designers.com...
>
> Thank you very much for your feedbacks. I appreciate it very much. But
> how do I reduce that big gap in my background music. Currently I have
> it on stream mode but when I try loop, it only plays a certain portion
> and goes back to the beginning. I'll try to workout the problem with
> the sound control. I'm sorry about the images. I'm trying to upload a
> few others in relation to the purpose of my site but the reason why I
> put those pictures up is to promote Parramatta as a technological and
> advance city.
>
> Cheers

no probs

use something like this to edit the audio file :
http://www.e-soft.co.uk/FreeDownload.htm

no probs with the images themselves - just that legal jargon/warning text