agree. i was toying with the text load effect a bit, and think i might just make the rollover animation include the text doing something and forego the initial loading anim. that the text does.
tw On 2/10/06, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't like the moving, fading, double image text. It loaded and I > saw something that disappeared before I realized there was something > happening and I thought I missed something. It left me feeling > uncertain about the site. Rolling over the panels didn't repeat the > effect, so I was even more uncertain. > > I do like that there's some visual indicator though to attract people > to realizing the panels are navigation. I'd be consistent in the > initial load animation event and then the rollover. > > It's called "affordance" in the UI design lingo. It's what makes > someone WANT to click on something and reinforces that desire with an > expected feedback to reassure them that they're supposed to click on > it. > > On 2/10/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.bennett-construction.com/new/ > > > > ok, refresh cache's etc... and try it again, if you can. > > > > i have made it for flash 7, rather than 8. > > > > thanks to ya! > > tw > > > > On 2/10/06, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Have to agree with Kevin here. Flash is cool and all that, but > > > consider the audience - in this case simplest is best. You can > > > accomplish the same thing with JS or CSS rollovers. That is without > > > the sound. > > > > > > Visually it works quite well though. I like the design much better > > > than the circa 1994 design of their current site. > > > > > > larry > > > > > > On 2/10/06, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, no text here either. Flash 7 player. > > > > > > > > Aesthetically I like the new design much better. Technically I think > > > > it's silly to use Flash for something like this. The inconsistency of > > > > reactions you're seeing here is just and example. > > > > > > > > Think of the audience. Are they targetting only highly tech savvy > > > > customers that care enough about computers to keep them updated to the > > > > latest system and browser and plugins or are they going to be running > > > > some old thing they got from freecycle that's running Win98 on a modem > > > > line? > > > > > > > > The same design could be accomplished with basic graphics and tables > > > > and be useable by more people. > > > > > > > > On 2/10/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > wow. now thats odd. > > > > > > > > > > flash player version? i guess i need to flash version down 1, so > > > > > that the > > > > > masses can see it correctly... i did it in 8, so maybe 7 will be the > > > > > better idea. > > > > > > > > > > tw > > > > > > > > > > On 2/10/06, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Nope, no text on the images in Firefox 1.5.01. - > > > > > > http://www.aaronscholz.com/misc/bennett.png > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/10/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thank you all who commented... deanna, you did see the text > > > > > > > words inside the blocks right? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and all who have seen it... are the sounds > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. very annoying > > > > > > > 2. moderately annoying > > > > > > > 3. not annoying > > > > > > > 4. good > > > > > > > 5. well done, they are perfect? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196756 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
