My site, comments?

[x_polar]

Howdy.

I have already posted this in a different section of the "Forums" but since it had little to do with the main section the whole thread got ignored. Thanks alot.

Anyways, there it is, my new site. I'll appreciate (reasonable) comments.

http://delta.cx.la

Cheers

[Templarian]

Smooth out the scrolling and fade the background image out for the people with larger resolutions your background just ends on the edges.

//edit, and make it stop moving with cursor thats sort of annoying.

[x_polar]

ends on the edges

:eye: more specifically ?

[enyceexgloboi]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5172/temp1bg.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=temp1bg.jpg)

[ApixDesigns]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5172/temp1bg.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=temp1bg.jpg)

good call

[SPAD3S]

good call



yup sure is. anyways, polar... it lacks one thing...style. keep it p and itll be good

[musicwithcolors]

i think the site has plenty of style! good work man :thumb: im on a 1k screen so for me it looks good, but you can easily add some images to the edges to smooth out the problem with larger resolutions.

[t8ddw]

2 comments........

1. I really really really hate Flash that follows my mouse. Don't know why, just annoys me intensly!

2. Move on from courier dude....... been done, and over-done, by every student trying to get their website to look like it was made by a type-writer. Pixels are dying too...... long live Serif!

[hybrid101]

don't make it follow the mouse
grunge = <3:thumb:
courier is a great font for this style, t8ddw

[x_polar]

Lol.

"Design is a bitсh"

And if mouse following objects annoy you, too bad. :D


Move on from courier dude....... been done, and over-done, by every student trying to get their website to look like it was made by a type-writer. Pixels are dying too...... long live Serif!

I love the font. Serif sucks with a captial S. I have never seen a site that has been made by a type-writer :| Were you talking about the general font? If so then guess what I am not trying to make it look that way I just find the font great just like I said above. :pac:

And for some reason I can't see enycewqelx's post.

Cheers

[waseem]

i like it!
and this overused font, in this case fits in perfect. Atleast you make it look professional, some people ruins a fonts look with bad design

[x_polar]

Thanks :D

[RavenStorm]

Excellent website man, although I think it would be much better if the scroller were activated by click. It may be a cool feature, but some people don't like it... and if people don't like it, it's not a good website. Same goes for the mouse following. Got it? ^_^

[Willofdarkness]

lose the courier. if i were your boss i'd fire you for using that font.

[x_polar]

Hahah no, the courier stays :krazy:


if i were your boss i'd fire you for using that font.
And unfortunately enough for you I'm freelance :esmirk:


but some people don't like it... and if people don't like it, it's not a good website
Good sites are not based on social critique :be:

[x_polar]

Oh and I edited the background image so that now users with high screen resolution wouldn't be able to notice the edges... :hr:

[simplistik]

Well, I think the site is a good base. I sorta like the courier font used here. There are a few things of concern...

Goodies: You should make some sort of preview or sth, and also warn some how, lettin ppl know that they'll be downloading a compressed file.

News: Make the scroller continuously scroll onPress

Design: I'd take some more time to try and add more depth to the navigation. It's all pretty bland and static.

I'd also try to work on the transitions a tad more. They're ok, but they aren't smooth.

The overall typo could use some help. You don't HAVE to use all courier, it actually ruins the site to have it used SO much. A simple secondary font would help the look.

Background is a little to busy... to many things flashing. It's not as horrid as other sites that do it cause it's in b/w but it's still to busy.


Good sites are not based on social critique :be:
They aren't? And who judges a good site?

[unclesond]

Before you say i have no problem with courier, all fonts have potential for a good application (maybe except all those font microsoft publisher/powerpoint seems to default with, such as jokerman ;)) Courier works on the titles nicely, but the content gets a bit washed out, especially with all the black freckles interfering too. It could do with a more screen based font. As courier was designed primarily for paper and not screen...maybe you could consider a secondary font which was designed for screens....

otherwise listen to simplistik, everything he says seems abut right. also maybe consider a warning too for the contact button. as opening up outlook or gmail by accident is annoying. Or redesign it so you can send messages from your site, or have the option to?

[x_polar]

Sounds reasonable, I'll think about it.

Thanks for the tips simplistik

[haam]

and if people don't like it, it's not a good website. Same goes for the mouse following. Got it? ^_^

that's the biggest load of crap i've ever read. that's like saying that if a CLIENT doesn't like it then it's not a good website. and ANYONE that deals with clients knows that they are never right.

but to say that the people on THIS website are the 'end all-be all' of potential web design is the stupidest thing i've ever heard.

the website rocks. the mouse following adds interaction. the blurred text is SICK, the way it transitions from far to near and back is SICK.

the whole thing has a fightclub, SE7EN feel to it and i love that stuff.

there were some truly stupid comments on this thread. i'm surprised most times you guys have logical things to say.

ps: is this is a portfolio site.. where's the work?

[x_polar]

Thanks haam, finally some sane person...about the work...I will be adding stuff slowly I have exams ahead of me

Thanks again though :party:

[simplistik]

the website rocks. the mouse following adds interaction. the blurred text is SICK, the way it transitions from far to near and back is SICK.

the whole thing has a fightclub, SE7EN feel to it and i love that stuff.

there were some truly stupid comments on this thread. i'm surprised most times you guys have logical things to say.

wait wait... so... your provide your own unsubstantiated comments and you bash bash other ppl opinions? And while I don't agree with...
and if people don't like it, it's not a good website. Same goes for the mouse following. Got it? ^_^
what makes the other "truly stupid comments" less valuable than yours? the only thing I can see that the reason you like it is cause it has a dark feel and you like that style... so it seems great to you. but because others gave their opinion and don't neccessarly like that style, it's an invalid opinion? (sorry don't want to jack the thread)

[RavenStorm]

Thank you Haam, you have just rendered the following useless: Polls, Posting in this forum, Asking people what they think, Voting, Democracy, Congress, the Republic, among other things. You just broke the internet.

Really, you're acting as if I said that the people on this forum represent the entire people of the world. First off, it's a portfolio. There is no client involved, so WE are the ones who get to judge whether it's good or not, by comparing the opinions of many people who just happen to be from every corner of the globe, of different cultures, races, opinions and whatnot. We don't all have the same opinion, so we look at what a bunch of totally different people think and then create an average. If most people here say so-and-so about the website, then you should obviously change it accordingly because if so many people here agree on the same thing, it is very likely that most other people will think the same.

That is the exact reason why this forum was created: to see what MOST people think, and disregard the opposite comments of the minority. If you only pick out the comments that you like to hear, then you are blinding and deafening yourself to the majority's opinion. And in all democratic countries, that's how it works: the majority wins.

[haam]

If most people here say so-and-so about the website, then you should obviously change it accordingly because if so many people here agree on the same thing

i just plain dissagree.

this is ONE forum and only about 13-15 people even POST regualarly.

i've SEEN a lot of the portfolios around here and from THAT work i can say that NO ONE here, even me, (no matter how they team up on people) has the right to say the the kirupa forums are the last word on good design.

[x_polar]

WE are the ones who get to judge whether it's good or not

Hahaha sounds like a bunch of idiotic communists here ^^


the kirupa forums are the last word on good design

*yawn* good design? on the Kirupa forums ? umm should I laugh or cry :D

Before any of you continue, just thought I'd let you know that I'm not here to read your average opinion and then change my site according to what you think. No. The reason I started this at all was because I was curious about how stereotype (most of) your comments can get.

And if I find a comment useful or reasonable I do change certain objects in the site, regardless whether the person likes or dislikes the site.

[unclesond]

Before any of you continue, just thought I'd let you know that I'm not here to read your average opinion and then change my site according to what you think. No. The reason I started this at all was because I was curious about how stereotype (most of) your comments can get.

Ah sorry, I think you misunderstood the forum rules on where to post, this thread should have been posted in the "social critique section". Not the showcase and critique......

[simplistik]

*yawn* good design? on the Kirupa forums ? umm should I laugh or cry :D ...

...The reason I started this at all was because I was curious about how stereotype (most of) your comments can get.

Hmm... :lol: i know you don't mean everyone but what does that say about you? ;)

So you were wondering wether or not ppl would be able to critique you beyond what their personal preference was or whatnot?

[x_polar]

I never said I find my design extraordinary good and I was wondering whether all of you think in a stereotype way, I did not say anything about personal preference, read twice if you don't get the sense of what I write.

[waseem]

I LOVE THIS FORUM! lol almost every thread has to end up with arguments and political issues. its amusing to watch! :)

[x_polar]

You can say that again.

It's more than amusing actually, the way people just disapprove something just because it is so different...

I know everyone wants me to change my site to one of those $49 flash templates...but sadly enough I am not as stereotype as most of you are :cowboy: :hugegrin:

[RavenStorm]

Alright, well I stick to what I think. I repeat:

Thank you guys, you have just rendered the following useless: Polls, Posting in this forum, Asking people what they think, Voting, Democracy, Congress, the Republic, among other things. You just broke the internet.

[unclesond]

I know everyone wants me to change my site to one of those $49 flash templates...but sadly enough I am not as stereotype as most of you are :cowboy: :hugegrin:

Really? We want to see the best of your site, not a template. To be perfectly honest a good website has lots of similarities to others, this doesn't mean they all look the same. Just certain things work, others don't (such as legible text). So a stereotypical comment might not be everyone pining for the same appearance, but a matter of fact that something does or doesn't work.

[FlashFish]

Haha. It cracks me up when people are shocked when they get comments and critique in comments and critique.

[unclesond]

Haha. It cracks me up when people are shocked when they get comments and critique in comments and critique.

Critique of the critique of the critque baby! :p:

[Pasquale]

so u have a design up there just for your aesthetic pleasure? :P

[x_polar]

Yes, simple as that ^

I like what I do, I do what I like =)

[Pasquale]

makes sense...

[artcore]

i really like your design mr x polar. it has a dirty/clean look. love your font choice. i can't imagine your site using a serif font.

[Bokke]

Okey back to topic! :D

Well x_polar, i think ya site is cool! Font is cool, just keep it. ;) I realy like how the numbers and some grunge make the layout. Also like the depth-effect and color choice!

But...
Like simplistik mentioned before, you should warn the user before he's gonna download something/outlook just opens. The diffirent pages should be more visible i think, becouse with the flashing background it becomes a bit poorly organized when opening one. Maybe fading the background to white when opening a page?

apart form that.. Its a nice mini-site thats nicely original. :D

[x_polar]

you should warn the user before he's gonna download something/outlook just opens

Good point. Going to add a warning message.


Maybe fading the background to white when opening a page?

Interesting idea ^ I'll fade the background once a section is accessed :beam:

[designapp]

hmm...... I think if anyone put their site here for comments, they should expect some good, some bad and some stupid...........

but you don't need to blast the person who made the comment because you do not agreed with him............

since you've said you do what you like and you don't care what other people think...... so why bother posting here? to show off?

cheers......

[usagi]

Whoa, what the heck have i missed out on? WWW War 1.. liked the site, think that the warning of the .zipped file should be applied...

People just give their opinions not right nor wrong, if you dont like it then you have posted it in the wrong section Mr.X...
(just to get in the action):P

[Bokke]

(just to get in the action):P
Join the army! :lol:

[usagi]

battlefield 2 baby... :P allready in it dude...

[haam]

why is it okay for people to crap all over a design..

but it's not okay for the maker to dissagree or defend his or her design?

even if this IS a crit area, there is no reason to just accept what people say without thought. and it's just as valid for a person to defend their deisgn to the very end.

i would never hire a person who wasn't passionate enough to fight for their creativity and vision.

what else do we have???

[usagi]

its not about fighting for his creativity and vision haam, the thing is that you can fight just fight with respect.. im not saying that all the things that have been said in this topic (or the forum) are right/wrong or are said in the best possible way.. what i am saying is that if you want criticism you should be able to handle positive as well as negative... if your going to "fall" for every little nudge then why even bother?

what else do we have?? are selves.. :)

[x_polar]

I can handle as much critique as there is, the thing is that I find it wrong to say that
it lacks one thing...style just because it is different from other sites... or because the person can't feel the style it has.
If some ppl prefer different fonts, alright, I can understand that, but it doesn't immediately mean the whole site is wasted, saying that kind of empty comments is useless, because unlike other things that have been said here these arguments can't help or change anything about the style since they have no clear meaning

And finally, another example for a useless comment

lose the courier. if i were your boss i'd fire you for using that font.
^ isn't that a comprehensive thing to say? I just love the way this guy pictures his authority

[usagi]

Hahaha sounds like a bunch of idiotic communists here



but sadly enough I am not as stereotype as most of you are


saying things like this just give them more ammo... and honestly i dont know who did the first "attack"

[x_polar]

How would you expect me to reply ?

[Theros]

And.. This is the reason why I left for good ole' CSS and HTML programing... Down with flash! :P

Anyhow, not to add more flame to the fire... Its an interesting site, not sure if its great for a portfolio thing, as its suppossed to appeal to clients and Im not too sure how many clients (As in the average 40 year old) will appeal to grunge type. But, hey if its for you, kudos! But, like people said, transitions, maybe more variety on fonts for subtexts and definitly add in a warning about downloads...

[usagi]

whos said that you have to reply? just ignore them...

[Bokke]

whos said that you have to reply? just ignore them...

Yeah, just start a tread here, ask some kirupians for critique on your new site.
And then all you have to do is never read them! :thumb:

[x_polar]

Exactly ^

[Pasquale]

To me the font just looks cheap/cheesy- the site beign heavily centered upon the text should have a nicer typeface :)

[usagi]

Yeah, just start a tread here, ask some kirupians for critique on your new site.
And then all you have to do is never read them!
ey look whos being funny, i never said dont read them, all im implying is that ppl are getting ticked of over nothing, and i am also saying that Mr.X is trying to find excuses to blame every one else for the fault that he is a part of...

but never mind if you cant look left or right, just straght its not my problem... cant be bothered anymore..

[unclesond]

You can ignore people if you like, it depends on their comment e.g.

Dumb comment = ignore

Good comment = say thanks

Debatable comment = question them and see if they get your idea and then figure out for yourself if it applies.

Yeah fight for your work with passion, but don't generalise that the forum you post on are stereotypes. If we are all sterotypes there is no point asking us for critique as you already know the response.

[usagi]

my point exactly:afro:

[Bokke]

@usagi: jk :)

[usagi]

@BOKKE: :hugegrin: hehe

[x_polar]

Lmao, oh damn this thread is kraaazy :krazy: :hr: :evil2:

[x_polar]

If we are all sterotypes there is no point asking us for critique as you already know the response.

Hey I was just being optimistic for something different :cowboy: ^

[JoshuaJonah]

Crits are harsh. If you can't handle honest opinions(i repeat OPINIONS), then don't post.

Deal with it.

[usagi]

:pleased: ^

[x_polar]

This is not the way this thread ends :chinaman:


Crits are harsh. If you can't handle honest opinions(i repeat OPINIONS), then don't post.

Deal with it.

Mister Defective, apparently you are Defective, mentally maybe ? :ne:
If I couldn't handle critique I wouldn't do the followings :
-Start this thread
-reply to what people said
-apply changes to my site

But I guess you didn't notice that. Oh well not every single one of "us" is gifted with the extraordinary ability to notice stuff... :x

[chriskalani]

it's looking MUCH better, nice job brizzzo!

[x_polar]

Thanks, much appreciated (-:

[chriskalani]

PS- it is good to see a fresh idea like this everyone in a while...

[Bokke]

Well done! :thumb:
After this update it looks even cooler!

[x_polar]

Thank you. :}

[unclesond]

Yup much better with the different font for the main body text. Download rollover much more helpful too.

I'd still like to see a warning about the "mailto" function, as outlook always opens up....

[Shoo]

Is the .cx.la suffix a free hosting server? I'd love to have a site with that suffix :)

[x_polar]

Is the .cx.la suffix a free hosting server?

It's a redirection service...offered by http://dl.am

One of the best ones I'd say... :nat:

[x_polar]

I'd still like to see a warning about the "mailto" function, as outlook always opens up....

Yeah I still have to add that, but don't worry I will...

[pomogranate]

dont call me a peep and I give a thumbs up:P

[x_polar]

Thanks, I am going to update the site soon since I finally have some time to do so, I will hopfully also add the script of my chatbot aka viv