OK, it’s my first time doing this, so… 
<b>Jozias: </b>Very small Enter button on the splash page, which was difficult to see. Throughout the site in fact, I was having to squint to read some of the text, it’s just too small. Nice looking site though, with an interesting colour scheme. Quick loading and simple navigation.
<b>E.D.E: </b>Eyecatching splash. Great look to this one too, there’s a lot going on and a lot to interact with. It’s quite busy, but works nicely. Runs very smoothly and blends together seamlessly. Some fantastic artwork on here as well. I really like this site.
<b>Zomb: </b>Option to load in a pop up, which is a nice thought. First impressions when the site loads are really good. It’s quick, but the design and images jump out at you. Good choice of colours - the colouring of the pictures on each transition works really well. Clear navigation as well, though it would perhaps have been nice to see some effect on a rollover, just so you know what you’re highlighting.
<b>Naresh 666: </b>Took a long time to load initially for so little result, but the window idea is a nice touch. Another very long wait for the main site, though a nice effect on the preloader. Once inside though, it’s got some nice innovative ideas. I particularly liked the Guestmap, where users can tag the part of the world they’re viewing from and leave a message. The spraycans are cool as well, something different.
<b>[m]: </b>Splash page mentioned an animation below to check for the plug in and it wasn’t visible, even though I have Flash and the site worked fine. Overall layout is clean and simplistic, with a few splashes of colour to liven it up. Some of the text is difficult to read sometimes, maybe switchIt’s certainly nice to look at, and simple to use. Portfolio is a little empty, but the Playground is great - there’s some wonderful examples of scripting here, especially the one with the changing shapes.
<b>Simon: </b>Very plain splash, and thoughtfully gives the option to skip the intro. Opened in a pop up though, which I’m not keen on. Quite a nice design, but there’s nothing that leaps out at you. Nothing happens on rollovers, you have to wait until a menu item is clicked. However, it’s a very clear and easy to understand navigation system. I like the artwork - would have been nice to see more. And the mini versions at the bottom of the screen, they could have been used as an alternative nav.
<b>E3ven: </b>First thing this did was spawn a pop up for the Gator Corporation. Not good. It looks quite funky when you’re inside, but there’s really not much here. Half of the drop down menus in the links section didn’t work - I tried to use the Site Navigation box, but nothing happened. The Shoutbox was also down. About the most I could do was go off to another site. Not a particularly great use of Flash either.
<b>Eyewake: </b> Spawned a pop up and filled my screen when I didn’t ask for it. I couldn’t re-size the window either, I was stuck with full screen. I’m not too sure about the green as a colour scheme and background, but it’s well blended and put together. The transitions are well made, and everything works, but it doesn’t stand out all that much.
Jozias: Top-notch site. I didn’t have problems reading the texts, except for the audio button. Everything is a bit déjà-vu, but it’s executed à la perfection. Bravo.
E.D.E.: Nice design, but sometimes there are so many things on the screen that my eyes cross. Nice PS tutes by the way.
Zomb: Not bad at all, the transitions are very nice and creative, but there’s a problem with the text: it’s too big and never straight :-\
Naresh666: Once again a nice site, with a nice splash, and a fun navigation. But nothing seemed to happen when I tried to navigate the gallery, and nothing seems to change on the right part of the site.
[m]: Yet another nice site, a bit empty unfortunately. I like the little details (nice idea in the news section), but there are also little problems: the font in playground is not correctly embedded, the ’ character is replaced by squares…
Simon: You need to change that splash page, it’s really not good-looking. Fortunately the site in itself is much better. The design needs more work though.
E3ven: Opened 3 new windows, I closed everything, sorry.
Eyewake: Nice colors and design, but the “topic” is not very interesting, and there’s not much content. And come on! You can’t win every week! 
Some very nice sites this week, ça fait plaisir =)
Wow - some excellent sites this week. I’ll have my critiques finished shortly
Jozias I thought the pixel font on my site was small, but the one used on this site makes my pixel font look huge. As for the design, it’s interesing and the effects are smooth. What killed it for me was the microscopic pixel font.
E.D.E I like this site a lot, great artwork and the grungy techy style layout is really appealing. I love the use of colors, really nice eye candy. Some of the artwork does remind me of shadowness, but these have more color.
Zomb Another interesting layout, though I’m not fond of the colors used. Another thing that I didn’t like was how the transitions just jump to another section then slides in. It’s not too smooth when that happens.
Naresh666 First off, this site took forever to load and I’m on a cable connection. I’m glad I don’t have 56k, would of taken forever. As for the design, I already mentioned this in the site check section, but it needs a more urban look to match the theme. I love the beats though…=)
[m] The layout is really simple and very clean. Nicely laid out and the transitions are smooth. A lot of good sites this week and this one is one of my favorites.
Simon I got bored of this site really quick. Right when I saw the splash page, I knew this site was going to be boring. The colors aren’t too appealing and the design of the layout lacks professionalism. I suggest working with more color to make it more interesting or go with a different color scheme.
E3ven As mentioned in Site Check, there should be a feature to shut off the music. Also none of the navigation work…
Eyewake Nice and clean layout. The monochrome yellow is interesting as well. I thought the initial loading sequence of the layout was a bit long though.
I am sorry I can’t even look at the sites this week. My connection has been total crap lately and this forum alone can take up to 2 minutes per page to load, so these Flash sites are taking ages, and I often get timeout errors 
I am going to call tech support soon and make them fix this!!! 
No worries Lost, sh*t happens. When you get the chance though, do check out these sites, some of them are excellent. =)
Ok, tech support did a repush to my modem which resets it and then when it comes back up it should be better.
And well, it came back up and so far it is better, but if it goes back to the way it was I gotta call again to get a technician out because it could be my outside line :hangover: (I expected that though).
Well I looked at the sites and I gotta say… WOAH!!! There are some good entries today.
I had a tough time choosing between Josias, E.D.E., [m], and eyewake. I ended up choosing E.D.E. , but I hope those other sites submit again in the future because they deserve it too!
And did I miss something? E3vens site is HTML, did the rules change? This is the second week an HTML site was submitted and got in the poll. His navigation didn’t even work and his only Flash movie in there was a very slightly modified version of the random motion tutorial!
I will try and write up critiques later, but I don’t have time now.
Sorry, that’s entirely my fault. I didn’t check the sites before I made the poll. It’s my first week doing this. 
I will remember for next time though. 
Thats alright Kit, I just wasn’t sure because there was an HTML site last week too, and I thought I mighta missed something where the rules changed
Thanks for clearings things up, you are doing a good job so far :thumb:
Wow I missed it too, so shouldn’t that site be disqualified?
Yep, if it’s not (I think) 80% Flash, then it doesn’t count…
IMO… yes
Well, it looks like he does use some Flash on there, but not a great deal… DQ?
The only Flash I get the random motion tutorial of circles in blue in the upper left corner.
The rest is all HTML and images, and his navigation doesn’t work for me, so that also falls under incomplete site.
Yeah, the nav didn’t do anything for me either. Right then, DQ it is.
You know, I thought there was something weird about that site… I guess I just assumed the rest of it was in Flash, not just the random circles tute… :sure:
That’ll teach me.
I’ve just double checked the submission rules.
90% Flash
80% completed
So this one really doesn’t come under either of those criteria.
Didn’t we say recently we would allow 50% Flash, 50% HTML?
Ah, point.
Did we?
But even so, does ripping a tute and sticking it the corner count as 50% Flash?
Jozias
Really cool site; the colors are very pleasant, and the overall site was very polished! Great work.
E.D.E.
Brilliant combination of images, colors, and animation. This is a really good site as well.
Zomb
Great site! The circles moving over the clouds is very nifty. My only suggestion would be to use a different font. The plain fonts do no justice to your excellent, modern design.
Naresh
Pretty cool site with a very good preloader. The site took me an excessive amount of loading the two times I tried it the past week. The colors of the spray cans and the soft background clash slightly.
[m]
Wow - nice and simple! The layout is clean, and the use of colors is very good. One suggestion would be to make the experiments in your playground open in a new window. It gets a tad bit annoying having to use the browser’s back button only to have to mute the sound and navigate to the section again.
Simon
Pretty cool site. I would suggest working on the interface and trying to use different colors to liven up the site. The font is quite plain, and the gray and brownish color don’t go well in their current setup.
E3ven
Interesting layout! I couldn’t find a way to mute the music, and some of the links wouldn’t load. Where’s the Flash as well - the random circles tut?
Eyewake
Nice site, cool fonts, great colors, and the image effects are quite excellent. You may want to add some variation between the sections, but overall, nice site!
Cheers!
Kirupa :block:
