Feels like i'm going 4 an interview..

**leefrench** · 05-01-2002, 06:39 AM

Giving u lot the 1st look...

http://www.6fish.net/flash/index.asp

Appreciate your views..

**honest john** · 05-01-2002, 08:35 AM

This site is great, when i had my site made i wish i knew this person, alot of hard work has gone into this. Well done

**bOmb_StoPpER** · 05-01-2002, 10:05 AM

Dang.. Nice site. The animations are great and the graphics are right on! It loads fast and easy to read. good job

**blake_r35** · 05-01-2002, 10:07 AM

i like it a lot, very simple, but looks great. i like the pong action when the mouse dosent move lol.

**theswedishtiger** · 05-01-2002, 10:51 AM

I liked the design of your site, I have some comments though

- 197kb for the initial movie is too large for dial up. Your should carry some kind of health warning for the dial up user, before they start the preloader.

- Black on gray text, as you have used on occassion is hard to read, consider a using a color with a great contrast

- Mnimal fonts are great, but not if you are reading a block of text and not white on a dark background. Although the text is still clear it is hard on the eyes to read multiple lines of small text. Consider restricting Mnimal fonts to one liners, menu options or if you have to use it for block text, using black on a light color.

- The menu buttons quickly faded out. It was not intuitive that they were there. Alpha them down, but not all they way out. It was by luck that I found them later

- The quit on the torchlight should be an option always available, not disabled until you have completed the exercise.

- Transitions on portfolio are a little long. Waiting while the screen assembles works well if there is entertainment value, but watching like gray boxes dropping, in my opinion does not qualify as entertainment.

In summary a good site that is well designed, but need to be broken up into smaller swf's and have easier navigation and readability.

**leefrench** · 05-01-2002, 11:22 AM

Swedish tiger thanx for the comments...
I had just begun 2 realise that people had not been getting access past the 1st page (about the company) but I thought that flashkit users were the kind of people who would easily solve small mysteries..i will add a an alpha'd out menu text or something.

Its a shame because there is lots of hidden content which will probably not b seen.. 4 example..the main buttons are of a smart vareity which not only know that they have been clicked(try clicking twice)but will actually tell you that you r already on that page.

I will try 2 change the contrasting text & colours as you suggest..but I really thought it was clear.

as for the file size..well..i would be amazed if there is another web-site out there that has as much content as this for a size of 197k..there is only 1 loading & if i loaded it seperately there would b 8 waits(all be it small 1s)

But again many thanx 4 everybodies comments.

**theswedishtiger** · 05-01-2002, 11:30 AM

Thank you for responding to my comments. I have no doubt that there are few sites that deliver as much content for 197kb, judicious use of AS has helped you. I have found, when in the world of fussy clients that the get very ticked off having to wait for sites. More so if their brother, mother or janitor, after loading it up on dial up, calls them and tells them that the site took over a minute to load or they gave up waiting. I appreciate your sentiment. I still believe that you should break your site up. Consider loading content that is not visible first off, in the background. This does not help with menu options but could help with secondary scenes within the menu options.

It's just that I have been there, and unless you are targeting a US audience who are in the e-business (marketing, software houses etc) then you should design around dial up.

**busssm** · 05-01-2002, 12:22 PM

i had some problems finding your menu

you could have a little, sign saying menu (maybe flashing) on mouse over you popup the menu like its done now.

**headhigh** · 05-01-2002, 12:26 PM

i am on a T1 and that site took forever to load especially for only 197 kb, are you sure that's correct info?

its a well designed site, but i personally do not like the usability, i like to know what i am clicking i hate to have to rollover somehting to know what it is before i click it

but overall, well done

**nigel115** · 05-01-2002, 02:12 PM

yes ... very nice .... but text is a bit hard to read in parts (dark on dark) ... text scrollers could be slicker

nice loops / colours

love it

its not easy being a dolphin !

**label** · 05-01-2002, 02:24 PM

It took me some time to find the navigation.. other than that it looks good. Not sure if I like that pong in the bg thing. Its a bit distracting.

**flash bang wallop** · 05-01-2002, 03:20 PM

What are some of these people on about, this site is top banana.!!
Loved the space invader following my mouse on the loading seq.What am I on a about this site is all cream.
I want it!!!!!!

"if things don't change, they will stay the same"

**flash bang wallop** · 05-02-2002, 05:55 AM

I am building a site @ the moment and I'd like to add something that follows the users mouse.

Can you or anyone give me a bit of help re the a/s.

"if things don't change, they will stay the same"

**amiwai** · 05-02-2002, 06:07 AM

Originally posted by leefrench
Giving u lot the 1st look...

http://www.6fish.net/flash/index.asp

Appreciate your views..

Hi friend,

This is very nice, but it look too boxup to me.
Overall Good, welldone.

Amiwai..

**leefrench** · 05-02-2002, 08:56 AM

Thanx 4 all the constructive critisism, comments & 4 taking the time 2 reply.

I will be making a few adustments.

Could still use some more comments if poss!!!

Lee French

"if only life had an edit/undo button"

**nubz** · 05-02-2002, 09:38 AM

I agree about the menu, too mysterious and I almost left without finding it! I like the design and concepts v.80's I got stuck in the light switch example tho, oculdn't get back as quit either isnt a button or has no hit area....

goood site tho

**Tknaff1** · 05-02-2002, 11:01 AM

Ah there it is. A painfully long loading time could be a crippling blow to any website. One solution would be to load each section after the user clicks on it, rather than all at once at the very beginning. That way, the user will be fooled and think that everything is loading fast. HA HA HAAA, SILLY USER!!! (ahem)

Also, I dig the Mon Ami sound loop.

**mmarkin** · 05-02-2002, 12:02 PM

that is very nice, but i could bearly read the text! also, i think you should change the loading percentage font to that pixel font too.

mikhail

**flash bang wallop** · 05-03-2002, 04:55 AM

Not answering my request????!!!

now i think yr site sucks...

**leefrench** · 05-03-2002, 07:13 AM

Right so i made a few changes..btns don't fully disappear..volume slide 4 stereo..loading font as rest of site..

what was that about font colours? some 1 said.

anything else???

Lee French

"if only life had an edit/undo button"

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