ambersouls new site

[m00nz00mer]

Hey,

Just finished the ambersouls website. I just need abit more content and it will b 100% finished!

http://www.ambersouls.com

[Zaiah]

Not bad. The only thing that really stood out to me that was confusing was the navigation. The "1, 2, 3...." for the nav? At first I thought it was there to play a different song for each number. I think I would redo that part. I know it may take away from the artistic flare of the entire site, but you want people to be able to get around. But besides that the site is very clean, minimalist but still informative. The transitions are smooth. Also, and this is very small. The last two pages use the same pic for the background. You may want to think about being consistent with that. And the pics aren't the clearest. But again, NICE WORK!!!

One last thing, some people hate it when the screen automatically resizes. :)

[byte4byte]

Hi m00nz00mer,

I like the horizontal scrolling, and I love your minimalist vertical scrollbar. I found the nav a bit confusing too, but only briefly until I finally caught on to the section names being revealed -- I tried clicking on those headers, couldn't get there in time and then realized they were info images rather than navigation.

I'm not crazy about fullscreen sites, but I see why you did it, to accent the horizontal design of the site, so for that reason, I think it's successful.

You can get rid of that nasty 'Click to activate this control' with a workaround by Geoff Stearns of deconcept. It's really quite simple, you can find it here (http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/).

I really like the line-graphic on the homepage/entry page and the use of the grey line-art throughout the site in the background.

Re: the movement of the site: it's smooth and timed well -- good speed for the background scrolling, and a refresshing zing to the content appearing.

Well done!

[McGuffin]

Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.
Don't resize my browser window.

Got it yet? It's idiotic from a usability standpoint. Design should yield to usability.

[zao]

It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.

[REEF·]

rofl yeah it opens a new window, what are you talkin about?

[McGuffin]

It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.
It opens in a new window, it's not exactly resizing your browser.

No, it doesn't, at least not when you have your browser open popups in a new tab, not a new window. But I digress. My screen runs at 1680x1050. Does anyone want to tell me this website, or any website for that matter, needs to cover up all those pixels. Force fullscreen and site popups are just examples of intrusive Flash design that gives Flash webdesign a bad name. I've yet to see a coherent argument for hijacking someone's computing environment and forcing their browser to fit your design, rather than your design fitting their browser.

This is not necessarily directed at you, m00nz00mer, this is just one of my pet peeves.