My Flash Layout

rOoKe · October 2004

Hey,
I haven't posted in a while, but wanted to stop by to post a site layout I made from scratch, using flash. It's for my courses, but I'm going to use it later for other things.

*UPDATED*
<a href='http://mason.gmu.edu/~ake/flash.html' target='_blank'>Flash rocks.</a>

Comments?

Thanks

Cold_NiTe · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (rOoKe @ Oct 19 2004, 01:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Hey,
I haven't posted in a while, but wanted to stop by to post a site layout I made from scratch, using flash. It's for my courses, but I'm going to use it later for other things.

<a href='http://mason.gmu.edu/~ake/flash.html' target='_blank'>Flash rocks.</a>

Comments?

Thanks  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Now that, is a beautiful concept. Expand on that, and you are really going somewhere. Man I love that digital feel.

TheDestroyer · October 2004

Smaller. Defenatly smaller. There are people that dont have 1333333x1000000 pixel monitors. And that "intro" screen. Sexy it up. Other than that, its cool. I assume you are going to have editable html/text pages that are displayed in those mini-windows. GJ!

/me turns on light because I apparently lost the ability to type...but I have officially found the backspace....grrr....home row...gh..go home...have to remember hand placements...

EDIT: This is the second post that I have typed as Cold-Nite did at the same time...except hes faster....grrr! I'm a forum stalker!

DOOManiac · October 2004

Pretty, Artsy, but very limited functionality. It can be improved on though, so this is a good thing.

Make the fade-in texts fade in much much faster. The user should never have to wait on text to pop up. Same goes for those menus that come out once you click, that animation should happen faster too.

Thansal · October 2004

what doomeh said

personaly I like text to snap insto place instead of having to wait.

rOoKe · October 2004

aite well i changed things around, and updated it.

yea, i agree with you guys about the convenience over looks policy, but this site is primarily for looks and animations, so ill only change it a lil.

i have a question tho.

its really hard finding a good site size, cuz of the huge difference in peoples resolutions.

see, rite now, its at 1024x768, which is kinda small at my resolution at 1600x1200, but for people who have desktop res. at 1024, its huge, and you cant see everything.

Is there a way to make the site resolution ajustable depending on the client side res?

thanks

TychoCelchuuu · October 2004

It's like a Mac in web page form. Pretty, but it won't run Windows without a crappy emulator. Wait, no. Dang.

CForrester · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
WIDTH="1024" HEIGHT="768" id="flash" ALIGN="">
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="flash.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED src="flash.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="1024" HEIGHT="768" NAME="flash" ALIGN=""
TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>
</OBJECT></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

Change that to:

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="100%" id="flash" ALIGN="">
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="flash.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <EMBED src="flash.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="100%" NAME="flash" ALIGN=""
TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED>
</OBJECT></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

panda_de_malheureux · October 2004

It might just be me, but I like having smooth transitions. When you roll off one of those buttons and the thing just dissapears, that sucks, the big one. Change it to a movie clip with a loop code checking if the mouse is over (tutorials everywhere).

esuna · October 2004

It's too plain, to be honest. It's not plain in a cool, minimalist way, it's plain in a "needs more work" kind of way.

The "popups" definately need work, the borders / graphical work on the top are extremely amateurish and look very, well, done in Flash.

Flash can be an excellent platform to display your artwork, but this requires a lot of work to make it not look like it was done in Flash. The best Flash work is the type you have no idea it's in Flash.

All in all, it's an OK concept but it needs quite a substantial amount of work.

EDIT: DOOMeh, it's not so much that it should never keep the user waiting, just if it does keep the user waiting, make it seem worthwhile. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />
EDIT 2: Handy little tip about flash. You can import .png images into Flash and it actually uses it's transparency values. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Cold_NiTe · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (esuna @ Oct 19 2004, 09:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> It's too plain, to be honest. It's not plain in a cool, minimalist way, it's plain in a "needs more work" kind of way. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
That's true. As I browsed it I felt it needed more complex psuedo-sciency things to keep my attention.

LOL After revisiting your site I have to say, the stuff you have on there is very informative and somewhat hilarious. rofl, Team America: World Police. Pure Genius.

*EDIT* Weird typos.

Epidemic · October 2004

It's cool but clunky

Here's def. one. When you hover the mouse over one of the menu, make it do something, turn black or anything and/or make it do a sound.

rOoKe · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Epidemic @ Oct 19 2004, 11:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> It's cool but clunky

Here's def. one. When you hover the mouse over one of the menu, make it do something, turn black or anything and/or make it do a sound.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
huh? when you hover the menu, each on does turn black.

and everyone else, thanks for the comments, and yes, i realize it needs a lot of work, as the title says, its just a layout. most of the images wont even be there by the time im done. (replaced by imported images)

any other comments?

Liku · October 2004

Looks good, but it's too bright for me. Having it centered would be best.

Rue · October 2004

I really like that site <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

not to try and take over this thread but I started using flash for my uni course on monday <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

<a href='http://www.rclelland.com/files/hl2.swf' target='_blank'>here</a> is what I have done so far <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />