Some input....please please please

ok…perhaps I shouldn’t do this…but I can’t stand it anymore…I’m new to Flash…not so new to Web design…but need some honest input on this site.

It’s for a company …and it’s live on the web…just not quite completed…anyway…please let me know what you think…

thanks…

http://www.northeastnet.net/web

nice site, simple, and effective.

One thing i noticed is how the scrollbar seems to almost disappear in the black background on the about us page.

Also, the animation on Services where the box drops in is hard to see for the same reason.

Links button appears to not work, but im sure you knew that, since the site is incomplete.

also, your fonts don’t display too crisply. Make sure they are in even incrment point sizes (8, 10, 12), and try experimenting with Dynamic Text, instead of Static Text, for an overall, clean look to your text. Beware thought that Dynamic text can not be manipulated quite the way that Static text can…

I really like the Portfolio Navigation. Really Clean.

Try maybe adding some sounds to the buttons, or whatnot…

You can find some at Flashkit.com, in the sound FX section…

With a little work, and some more information, this site can become top notch.

Keep up the good work.

If you have the time, i’d appreciate a critique of my site…

Here is the link to my site critique thread: Critique My Site, Please

Honestly, the site is ok. But it somehow has more of a photoshop feel to it, then a flash one. If it wernt online, i would say is looks more like some kind of stand-alone application.

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Thanks for the input…it really helps…I’m forced to work on a Mac at work…and I’m finding that colors and hue and stuff like that look different at times on a PC. (no offense to Mac users :wink: )

I checked out your site…I thought it looked really nice and clean…both the HTML and the flash.

One thing I noticed right off…I didn’t get a feeling what your sight was about…in other words…what you do. (just me though…maybe nothing)
Another question…on the Flash site…the four rectangular windows at the bottom…all had percent loaders…but didn’t appear to do anything…other than when you mouse over them…they change…which…looked nice…but I couldn’t understand why (with my fast internet connection) there would be any preloading at all…just for some mouse overs…am I making sense?

Anyway…I only glanced at it…but I’ll check back and give you some more feedback if you like…I like it!

thanks,

Mark

Thanks for the insight… I agree, that it’s not exactly clear as to what my sites intent is.

For the record, its a homepage that showcases sites i’ve designed, some of my artwork, and features links that i frequent.

I also hear what your saying about the preloaders, and i designed it that way so that later on, if i were to use large file sizes for the boxes, i would have everything in place.

Again, thanx for the feedback, and sorry if i highjacked your thread… :slight_smile:

hey…this forum is great…as is the site…and the peeps who frequent it.

I really value everyone’s input…good or bad…could a few more of you take a look at my site and see what you think?

Thanks in advance!

Mark

well the main thing(your layout is effective)…would be the logo and also the font style of the index image. they are a bit bland. mainly though its just the company logo. its kinda confusing in the manner you have it overlapping . i would suggest trying a few different styles …maybe experimenting with North East Net being the largest and making web design smaller or getting rid of it all together… or maybe just simplifying it to North East Net . well i can’t suggest a certain font to use. all i can suggest is to keep it simple and easy to comprehend at a moments glance. oh and go easy on the bevel and emboss…:beam:

Delay on the initial flash transition into the site seemed a little slow, especially since you aren’t presenting the user any new content, you’re just doing a basic effect and a flyaway.

Kill the springy window transition on the contact section. It just doesn’t splice well with the others.

Bouncing windows need to go, too. The overall aspect needs to be more professional. I’ll leave it at that. Sorry, man.