I like the site’s design a lot, but I think you should definetely cut all music out asap. 90% of web surfers hate music on pages, especially flash pages. I for one always browse on about 50 open pages (mostly more) and having something start playing loudly in the background annoys the heck out of me.
One other thing you should consider is somehow visually showing that the links are external and do not open in the same page.
One thing that really bugs me first and foremost is the fact that when you click on the links… you have to click within the letters… might try to make it more of a box instead of using the words as the links.
And the fact that none of the stuff that you do in the page is implemented into the flash, making it extremely hard to browse around effortlessly. You do the work not us. That’s how pages should be you know? The more effort you put into it the less your visitors have to and the more they will come back.
So you might want to check out other pages that are straight flash and done well… just to get an inside look on how it feels to browse around and how nice it is to be able to just have one window all the time.
Also, the reason why that is bad, is because when you go back… the flash loads all over again. It’s a big pain in the neck for the user. So, just get that straight and you’re good to go.
Yes the buttons are quite annoying with having to click the letter. crate a square over the top then convert it to a buttong then knock the opacity down to 0 and add the like to the box insted of the font.
Lombi
July 31st, 2010 at 8:14 pm
I like the site’s design a lot, but I think you should definetely cut all music out asap. 90% of web surfers hate music on pages, especially flash pages. I for one always browse on about 50 open pages (mostly more) and having something start playing loudly in the background annoys the heck out of me.
One other thing you should consider is somehow visually showing that the links are external and do not open in the same page.
So yeah, mostly useability needs upgrading.
Jeff
July 31st, 2010 at 8:14 pm
One thing that really bugs me first and foremost is the fact that when you click on the links… you have to click within the letters… might try to make it more of a box instead of using the words as the links.
And the fact that none of the stuff that you do in the page is implemented into the flash, making it extremely hard to browse around effortlessly. You do the work not us.
That’s how pages should be you know? The more effort you put into it the less your visitors have to and the more they will come back.
So you might want to check out other pages that are straight flash and done well… just to get an inside look on how it feels to browse around and how nice it is to be able to just have one window all the time.
Also, the reason why that is bad, is because when you go back… the flash loads all over again. It’s a big pain in the neck for the user. So, just get that straight and you’re good to go.
spllogics
July 31st, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Yes the buttons are quite annoying with having to click the letter. crate a square over the top then convert it to a buttong then knock the opacity down to 0 and add the like to the box insted of the font.
but i think the layout is looking good.
cheers