NEW top menu !!!

[m.c.bell]

Im working on building my new website and have started by making this top menu,

What do you think of it, i need suggestions for improvements, whats wrong / right with it etc.

Heres the link :

http://mike.zaaz.co.uk/menutopload.htm

( the links don't work )

Thanks,

Human

[kei]

it looks pretty cool!
i think it will look better with shadows :)

one thing that botheres me is when u put ur mouse on the buttons it looks like the button comes out? shouldnt the buttons push in on roll over?

[m.c.bell]

thats a very good point thank you,

ill work on shadows and reversing the way they come out,

once again thank you

[mdipi]

hmm, i think that the rollovers should be a bit more smooth, right now they seem kinda "jerky" secondly i think that maybe you shoudl try to integrate it more to the base, it seems to look better there, or i think so, the base seems like its the best part. the shadows would be a plus too, you should try to remeber that, unless you are going for the startch white mental hospital look, but i think even that would cast shadows, so without them its kinda degrading to your work.

[luksy]

when i roll out, the buttons stays outside...shouldn't it go back inside?

[mdipi]

thats kinda what i ment. its not really smooth, it jsut stays...

[andr.in]

Rollover a button and then drag your mouse down by rolling out of the button... the buttons is still on rollover state!
Anyways it's nice!

[mdipi]

yeah i just saw that too, if you just leave it it doesnt go back in, but if you roll back over it it goes in, so its in the roll out state. so thats a bug. if you dont get what i mean then just roll over, go up off the button, then roll over the same one and it goes down instead of up.

[m.c.bell]

i've been working hard at it ,

has anyone got any ideas for a better loading bar, i'm a bit new to them,

Thanks,

Human

[mdipi]

no doubt that you have worked hard at it. you asked for opinions so we gave them. sorry if mine were a bit harsh, but thats just how i saw it.

as far as the loader i thought it looked fine...there isnt much to do with them if you want to keep it so that it displayes the numbers and the progressive bar.

[m.c.bell]

i didnt mean it like that,

i meant that from your comment i have benn working hard and here is a result,

http://mike.zaaz.co.uk/3dmenu.htm

check it out, all comments welcome,

thanks ,

Human

[mdipi]

oh man that looks os much better! i did kinda like the idea that you had a rollover i was just saying to fix it but this looks a lot better. how are you doing your transitions? load movie? looks pretty cool man. keep at it. right now the only thing i could spot that i didnt really like was the begining preloader didnt have the fonts emebeded....fix that and its better!

[m.c.bell]

how do you mean font embedded?

im using a scene for each section then using rollover and on release actions to swap between each scene, the animation happens as frames at the beginning of each scene.

thanks ,

Human

[luksy]

hehe...lookin' good! But the previous loading bar was better in my opinion.

[kei]

looks better :)

[mdipi]

yeah this one doesnt fit in, but i will still tell you how to embed the fonts on the loader.

you have a font box that says loading and one that says the percent. on both of them click "Character" then choose the radio button "all" and then people who dont have the font can see it.