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    Help, load time? About 90% done.

    http://www.gotobig.com/ant/

    Can you tell me how this loads and a detail about your system for me?

    The content is still being written up so that will change, but what do you think of the site from a flash perspective?
    What would improve it?
    Think it needs bkgrnd music?
    Should I include a "lite" version of this site for those on dialup?
    http://www.flashfrog.com

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    One day older, one day wiser rafiki55's Avatar
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    it loads fine on my 1 ghz laptop. Runs smoothly.

    The ant is pretty cool, but I think you need to work on the font. I don't like it. It doesn't look very professional and doesn't seem to fit in. I dont' really like the "drawn square boxes" either.

    hope that helps

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    The font is not up for debate, sad to say, its our corporate font. The boxes were not my idea. I may be replacing them with 3D boxes.

    Any other comments?

    On a rating scale how would you rate this site and why?
    http://www.flashfrog.com

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    Hi,
    I have to agree with the above post in regards to the boxes however i totally disagree about the font...i think it's very professional.

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    i'd give it a 5 out of 10. it just doesn't come together.

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    man..with a little bit of ambiance music, and a 3D interface this site will rock. love the 3D ant. this site has a lot of potential. one more thing in the section for awards the scrolling box overlaps the main interface...

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    i don't mind the sketchy lines for the boxes too much, but the solid red blob for the dragger of the scrollbar when you click on it doesn't fit in. if you really wanna use that red, at least put it behind all the sketchy lines so you can still see them. or at least put some loose lines in there like you did on the arrows. also, the dragger goes too far up and overlaps the top arrow, and doesn't quite get down to the bottom arrow.
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    ran fine on my comp, like the ant very cute.
    what did you model him in?
    the images looked a bit ropey on my monitor and seeing as this is in your work section it maybe be worth bumping up the quality slightly.
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    The ant was modeled and animated in lightwave.

    I intend to up the quality a bit on the images, these are fpo.
    http://www.flashfrog.com

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    is he animated from the same point in the various movements and then using flash call on these movies depending on the mouse postion.
    coz it is really cool and prob quite amusing to do
    u have any tutorials or know of any online, my email is

    russell@0732.co.uk

    if you would not mind
    cheers
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    Yes, he is a mc with a variety of movements called when needed. I just named the starting point of where a certain movement began (ei "legtap")and directed the playhead back to the first keyframe, rather like a complex button with five different states. I did the same thing here http://revisionllc.com/html/site.html .
    http://www.flashfrog.com

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    love the ant. id give it a 7, theres just something missing. cant put my finger on it

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    I updated it with a new thought bubble. What do you think? Still cleaning it up but it's getting there.
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    sweet...much better! keep em coming.

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    I don't know i think i like the font, and i dont mind the boxes. looks very forward thinking. when i see this site i think of I-Robot. world of tomorrow at anyrate i do like the site. the red slide bar that was mentioned i see that ... yes i see you used the same color of the BIG font color on the left, but i dont like how it doesnt fit. i would use a diffrent color

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    i love your ant, just change everything else (text, boxes, ect) to fit that and have everything flo together better.

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