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nate4923
05-01-2006, 10:51 PM
Here is my personal website. whatta ya think? Go easy
www.natesdesign.com
Silence04
05-01-2006, 11:11 PM
looks nice, i like the feel you have going and your work isn't bad either! :)
but i think it takes too long to load initially (i think its your backround image)
what would it look like if you background was black instead of that huge image?
Your motion tweens are a little too slow for my taste. and the preloading window outlines seem a little weak, what if you filled them in with an 50% opacity of a color (black to match your background)... my 2 cents.
typographics
05-01-2006, 11:54 PM
i agree. the load time is way to long.
ecsyle
05-02-2006, 12:47 AM
The main image on the intro page is 232kb. Holy shit.
You should just get rid of the "intro page" altogether.
Let's see here.
Long load times. What effect do you achieve with the flash that you coulnd't acheive with html?
Music on the site. You are a web developer, not a musician. Besides, I had music playing already and was quite annoyed with yours competing.
Flash removes many browser features (back button, bookmarking, the search function), and requires me to sit and wait while your site loads and moves around. I'd get bored, and go to your competitor. I'd be amazed that I even found you online if I was looking for a web designer, what with the lack of indexable content and no keywords or description.
flutterby nut
05-03-2006, 01:53 AM
wonder what makes the load times long?...
IF you elect to keep the music (wouldn't recommend it)...it would be nice if you let viewers know they can click on the 'bouncing bar' thingy to turn it off...thankfully, it ceased to function after a time...don't know why...it was only after i inadvertantly rolled over the bars that i discovered it to be clickable...
you have some interesting pieces there...cool!
icekitty37
05-03-2006, 02:28 AM
very very nice. i really like the wakeboarding/surfing site in the portfolio. is that one you just did for fun? id like to talk more to you about portfolio stuff if you dont mind...
fyred1
05-03-2006, 03:54 AM
wonder what makes the load times long?...
For starters, the image "opener.png" is 283k in size. Second, the background image is 445.24k. 728k in images on your page would tend to make it load slowly.
Ouch! Sorry...
Nate, please don't take this the wrong way. If you're going to sell web design, you'd best learn how to optimize your graphics.
flutterby nut
05-03-2006, 04:39 AM
For starters, the image "opener.png" is 283k in size. Second, the background image is 445.24k. 728k in images on your page would tend to make it load slowly.
Ouch! Sorry...
Nate, please don't take this the wrong way. If you're going to sell web design, you'd best learn how to optimize your graphics.
of course, i do realize this...however, i was wondering if there were other factors besides optimizing images that would contribute to long load times...sorry for not clarifying...
fyred1
05-03-2006, 04:48 AM
...i was wondering if there were other factors besides optimizing images that would contribute to long load times.If you're viewing the site with Internet Explorer, Direct X has to handle the PNG transparency. It's possible that this can cause a slower load time.
nate4923
05-03-2006, 04:57 AM
Thanks for the advice guys, I agree, I need to do something about that front page. I just learned how to make it so IE can handle PNG's with javascript and got all giddy about it. plus the bg image is way too big...so I'll change it soon, when I'm not feeling so lazy. I'd like to keep the music, so I'll just make it more obvious that you can turn it off. Thanks again
fyred1
05-03-2006, 05:04 AM
Nate, I was able to get those images down to less than 60k by combining them and making one jpeg image. It still looks good. I'd post it if it wasn't so damned big (1280 by 960).
nate4923
05-03-2006, 05:07 AM
very very nice. i really like the wakeboarding/surfing site in the portfolio. is that one you just did for fun? id like to talk more to you about portfolio stuff if you dont mind...
The wake site was actually just a school project. If you wanna e-mail me, it's nate@natesdesign.com. I'm pretty new to this web stuff, I've mostly focused on print design until fairly recently.
ATEMPASALDIVAR
05-03-2006, 05:22 AM
Hey nate, good job with your site. Over time you'll get to know how to streamline your websites. Its great that your jumping into flash, stick with it.
For further advice and information on flash development, id highly recommend going to www.ultrashock.com -
hey nate-i like the site! I am still learning web design, so I won't critique you just yet. You have some nice work. I hvae a bunch of family from Logan, Utah and have been going out there almost every summer since I was a kid! Utah State has some good ice cream!
flutterby nut
05-04-2006, 04:43 AM
Utah State has some good ice cream!
hehe!...i thought we were more renowned for green jello!...lol
nate4923
05-04-2006, 05:55 PM
hey nate-i like the site! I am still learning web design, so I won't critique you just yet. You have some nice work. I hvae a bunch of family from Logan, Utah and have been going out there almost every summer since I was a kid! Utah State has some good ice cream!
Yes the ice cream is delicious. Logan is a nice place, I can't wait to get out of there, but it's nice. Maybe I'll see ya around! hahaha