Flash Site Design - Early stages of development

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Early stages of development

fasterthanlight

2005-05-02, 7:21 pm

Whats up! Ok, so now that the formalities are out of the way, lets get down to
business. I am in the early stages of development of my new site, and I have
some questions for you.

1.) the top header, where i have that cloud type animation. I need a way to
spice up the bland-whiteness of it. Any suggestions?

2.) The "Recent Projects" section, what do you think of the grass? If you look
closely you will see animated grass strands that sway in the wind. these are
placed randomly, and the number of grass strands is random too.. refresh to see
what I mean. What do you think of that?

3.) Any overall suggestions you can offer?

PS, preloaders aren't made yet, so be patient please

http://www.jamieroy.com/cubes

droopy.ro

2005-05-02, 7:21 pm

I'm sorry but the main flash movie doesn't load..
i don't know why, maybe you have some problems.. or maybe I do.. how knows..
the first page loads then when i hit the enter button, I'm redirected to the
dseocnd page.. and that's all.. the flash doesn't load..
I tried firefox and IE

fasterthanlight

2005-05-02, 7:21 pm

Thats interesting... I know when you go to the second page there is a giant
white blank spot for the first couple of seconds, but after that, the site
loads and everything is good to go. I'll look into it.

droopy.ro

2005-05-02, 7:21 pm

hey.. i got it..
I've used opera.. and it worked.. funny..
anyways.. I realy liked the web site..
the cloud is perfect. live it like that..
I even understood how to use that menu.. but i sugest not to leave it like
that, I don't know how many people will get that..
about the gras.. well it is ok, but after a closer look, i saw that the motion
is not even close to a natural movement.. i mean it's way to bended and some of
them are moving quite fast.. and looks unnatural.. try to do something about..
it..
anyway.. it's not so much big of a deal.. but just in case. I saw the
potential.. so i think you can do it..
anyway.. so far so good, I'm looking forward for the finish version..
keep it up!

VijchtiDoodah

2005-05-02, 7:21 pm

You may want to add a little bit of a pause before the movie begins to play because it's difficult to tell what's going on when it just suddenly begins like that.

fasterthanlight

2005-05-02, 11:19 pm

Thanks for the comments, wierd thing about it not working in other browsers, i
tested it on all of the three big ones, safari, firefox and internet explorer,
and it they all worked. Are you on a PC?
The buttons are just place holders right now, i'm going to photoshop some nice
orbs or something, and when you press a button a little "DRAG HERE" animation
will play. I guess my biggest concern right now is: How annoying (if it is) is
it to have to drag a button to the drop zone to change sections? If it's a big
problem, is there some way I can enhance it? To make it more fun for the user?
And about the pausing, I totally agree with you, preloaders should help with
that when I get around to it, right now i just want to get the basic design
down, most of what you see isnt set in stone at ALL.
One last thing, I reaallllllly hate the look of the header as it stands right
now. The clouds are cool, but the rest of it just looks so... bland. Nothing
really interesting going on there, any ideas?
Thanks for your time everyone!