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Originally posted by Filmgirl
Which would be?
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Search engine optimization and (depending on your target audience) no flash plugin installed.
Personally, I don't like all-flash sites. I like being able to hover over a link and knowing where that link is going to take me. I like the ability to highlight text as I read (especially for particularly wide blocks of text). I also like the CTRL+F option for searching for text on a page. Obviously, with an all-flash site, you can't do this.
First off, the flash movie is 800x600. This causes it to scroll horizontally in my browser (set to 800x600) because the scrollbar takes up approx. 20 pixels, page margins (since they are at the default and not set using CSS) take up an extra 10 pixels on either side.
Your design itself is very well done (even in the sites in your portfolio, btw
). But I have to agree with Martin about the splash page. It's pretty pointless and just requires an extra "click-here-to-enter" step when it's really not necessary. There's no information, no intro movie, nothing really attention grabbing on the splash page. Don't get me wrong, the graphic is very pretty, but to me, it serves no purpose other than a reduntant click.
I really like your logo. I'm assuming you came up with it yourself, but it's very attractive eye-catching (at least to me, anyway).
Tech note: Your menu links across the top seem to have been created without using the "hit" frame in Flash....meaning that the only clickable areas on the links are the actual letters themselves. Notice how the mouse flickers when mousing over the links? That's that the "hit" frame is for. If you draw a plain ol' square box in place of the text, it designates the "hit area" where as long as the mouse is within that box or shape, it will act as a button.
And last, there are a few grammatical and spelling errors throughout the site.
If the intent (as the site leads me to believe) is to sell yourself, then I highly recommend proof reading, or having someone else proof read, or even rewording some of the text. This line bothers me
" Make sure to view the samples, which are samples of websites I've worked on." It's the word "samples" used twice, not 3 words apart. You might want to replace the second "sample" with another word, like "examples" or something.
Other than that, though, I think you have a very good eye for design. Now you just need to work on the technical stuff for integrating those wonderful designs with web functionality.
EDIT: Sorry if this sounded harsh...I try to be constructive and thorough...some people think I'm nitpicky.
