constructive criticism?

[death by nines]

this is one of my first sites. any feedback would be helpful.

http://carriemorganmusic.com/

[Vectortrance]

You did a good job.
The first thing I look at with flash sites is weather or not the debug menu has been disabled. As a designer, you dont want people to be able to zoom in and see all the flaws!
Try and fix the site so that I dont have to click first to activate flash in IE.
Also, see what you can do about using the standard flash integrated scrollbars. You can edit them and make them better fit with your theme of the interface.

[evildrummer]

Very nice, is that all one .swf or does it use externall ones, because if you have it all in one .swf it is going to llimit you file size and conetnet limit, but other than that, its a cool site.

[death by nines]

Thanks for the advice! ..hey about having to activate flash in IE, i see what you mean. do you know the code to put in the HTML that automatically downloads the latest flash player?

[death by nines]

thx, evil. yeah, it's just one .swf, the bulk of it is the bg - it's one piece of art 4200 px wide. then all content is loaded externally. i should prob turn down the jpg quality more to cut down on .swf size though.





Very nice, is that all one .swf or does it use externall ones, because if you have it all in one .swf it is going to llimit you file size and conetnet limit, but other than that, its a cool site.

[nrirureta]

i like it a lot... nice style and colors... but loading time was way too long... i think you have it all in one .SWF... maybe you should break it apart...

and maybe loading percentage font needs a better one...

but like i said great job !!!

[nrirureta]

oops sorry you posted already about file size... my bad... :)

[McGuffin]

Why do you resize the browser window to full-size? Not only is it extremely annoying, it's completely unnecessary for someone using 1600x1200 such as myself for such a small site.

[Anogar]

Wrong forum. Next time you'll get better results by posting in the Showcase and Critique section.

[death by nines]

anyone/everyone agree with McGuffin?

[death by nines]

ok, thx anogar.

[Anogar]

I very much agree, I really hate it when a page forces my browser to resize - because it's usually already at full size, so all it does is take it out of the window and make it resizeable, which is just annoying. Additionally, this page does not at all require the full screen.

[nrirureta]

yup that is annoying... i couldn't tell from my laptop though...

[Sifodyas]

I noticed on the tweening between the different menu options, the text seems wobbly. It happens mostly as it eases in.

[death by nines]

yeah it's loaded externally, that's why..

[chrisclick]

yea... I hate it too when its full size

[death by nines]

alright. the people have spoken. it will be changed and everyone will sleep better tonight.

[Anogar]

Good man! :D Or person... woman... whatever you happen to be, you're good.

[REEF·]

But why is this in Kool Sites? Theres a blatantly obvious forum called "Showcase & Critiques" for critiques.

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1010/scij3.jpg

Or did you just want the attention lol?

[Anogar]

He knows, it was pointed out on the 1st page and he acknowledged it. :P

[REEF·]

I'm sure he knew his do-wrong from the beginning without your help :hoser:

[Anogar]

He's a dastardly evil do-er, eh? Gah. :deranged:

[REEF·]

A do-er of dastardly deeds 'deed.

lol

[death by nines]

you're gay, reef. i can't believe you took the time to circle the right forum.

[Sifodyas]

The art of critiquing requires pedantry. :3ye:

[Anogar]

you're gay, reef. i can't believe you took the time to circle the right forum.

Careful there, you wouldn't want to be too charming or anything. :huh::wt:

[REEF·]

you're gay, reef. i can't believe you took the time to circle the right forum.my photoshop is always open...always...messing around doing nothing...always :look:

& circling makes me gay? lol you're too mature for us

[simplistik]

moved


alright. the people have spoken. it will be changed and everyone will sleep better tonight.
only "designers" and "developers" dislike fullscreen sites. i always take the comment when ppl say they don't like fullscreen w/ a grain of salt. if you don't like things "taking control of your computer" get off the internet. however, in the case of your site it's just not needed, it doesn't help the browsing experience at all.

[Anogar]

What I dislike is when it makes my browser smaller. It like "unlocks" it, when I have it fully maximized. It's not a big deal, but in many cases it's very unnecessary. :-/