x0design.com

[ai_falcon]

hi ppl, plz vist x0design.com (http://www.x0design.com) I finished it not too ong ago, plz give me comments and sugestions!:D thanx

[ai_falcon]

common ppl! no comments?????? plz give me comments/suggestions!:)

[z1ppy]

not bad. i cant figure out why its 400k+ in size?? plus the rollovers on the buttons make the text hard to read when it has stopped. oh and the shaky mouse is a bit 'shaky'!

[momentus]

Not bad. The mouseover state on the main nav buttons distorts the text too much. Try your best to never distort text that the user has need to read. The font on the timer thing in the bottom right corner makes it look a little out of place. And I think the graphics in the graphics section should somehow be a little bigger. They're not much bigger than the thumbnails. Maybe the music control takes up too much space? It looks like a lot of real estate for an already small work area.

It's obvious you know what you're doing from a technical point of view. Pick up some design mags or books if you get the chance and I think the site will go from 'not bad' to 'really nice.'

Also, one more tip. Don't put your rates on your page. You'll want to attract customers who want you to work for them because you're talented not because you charge x amount of dollars less than company whatever.

momentus.

[momentus]

oh sorry z1ppy! I somehow missed your post before repeating you. Sorry about the redundancy everybody.

[ai_falcon]

thank u for ur comments i will change all the things you said thaT were bad, and the music and website are 2 different movies! THANX AGAIN!:D

[ai_falcon]

by the way momentus what do u think i should put insted of teh prices? and how should i tell them the prices??
:confused:

[ai_falcon]

by the way momentus what do u think i should put insted of teh prices? and how should i tell them the prices??
:confused:

[ai_falcon]

common, no more comments??? :(

[Abelius]

Did you use Photoshop to make the background image?

Good:
The music.
The colors.
The idea for the interface.

Bad:
The font-size.
The font-family.
The mouse follower (confuses users above 40... hehehe)

[pinkaboo]

common ppl!

you call us common then expect us to be take notice!
ha!
well I might be common but at least my breath doesn't smell of old dogs!
;)


okie, seriously:

I'm looking at this on a dial-up connection and it's taking forever to load.

"Have some fun while you wait" - how? where? Am I missing something? was there supposed to be something happening as the site loaded in? *confused*

the mouse cursor seems superflous, I didn't really see any benefit to your site in having it like that, it lagged and looked a bit messy when it transitioned from one cursor to the next

the text blurb on the front page when I entered was cut off on the right hand side

do those coloured blocks do anything? didn't see the point in them at all, they're not functional from what I could tell and they were a bit distracting

I didn't really need blurb text to tell me what I would expect to see if I clicked on, for example, the button labelled "about us"

momentus is right, get rid of those rates, and especially don't describe what you do as a simple flash intro! yikes! it's really hard and sophisticated gawdamnit and make them believe that, else you'll get 12 year olds pitching beneath you if it's that simple.

didn't listen to the music, so no comments on that front

content?! where is it?!

text- a tad too small, up your font point a smidgen?

location?! how do you expect anyone to contact you if you don't tell them where you are based. It might be possible to conduct business and communicate across continents but it's always nice to know where people are in the world. Helps form trust. I don't believe anyone is happy to pay cash to someone they can't shake hands with, or at least aren't upfront about their address.

urgh that all sounds so negative, didn't mean to be disparaging, take what I say with a pinch of salt if you so desire, but build ever upwards :)

I really think that you have the bones for a good website, structurally it seems coherent and easy to navigate, I think the idea of the central slot for content/navigation works well.

pinK

[Abelius]

Who?
Me...?
Common???

hahahahahahahahaha...

[snapple]

Well i think that pinkaboo covered all the important points, but i am going to have a go too.

When i saw the bg image, i got excited. However the main display window, just did not fit in with the bg image, looks like it has been 'plonked' on top of it too much, might be an idea to try and intergrate it into the background a bit ?

The blocks, well colors did not really do it for me, not with the rest of the site. And as pinkaboo said "do they do anything" - i agree, i know that it is nice to have that kinda effect of random 'floaty' bits but only in the background or perhaps you should alpha them a bit ?

I would also get rid of the Times New Roman font too, totally contradicts the whole style of the site.

It has the potential to be a great site. I mean that !

If you do what everyone has suggested (in your own way) i really do want to see what it will look like afterwards.

I genuinly hope that this has helped, the logo and bg image were cool, not too keen on the navigation, remember this is flash your using, and navigation is the one thing that flash can really bring alive, dont have to do some sort of mega compicated nav, just add a little something to spice it up and make the user think mmmmmmm ? Cool !

Snapple :)

[Abelius]

BTW, snapple:
What's about that "last train to Lhasa"...?

[ciccia]

the graphic is very cool but i don't appreciate the size of the font used and the small date on the bottom right(times new roman is terrible!)

cool the idea of the background image and the site in the middle

best,

ciccia

[snapple]

Abelius,

Last train to Lhasa

Wel, its a recurring dream i keep on having, i am taking medicine but it only seems to get worse.

O.k, its actually a song title of one of my favourate songs, maybe not bands, but definitely songs....they're called Banco de gaia

Its one of the most increadible songs of alternative/dub/dance/abient all mixed up, taking on a quite brialliant journey, all with background thumping of a distant train travelling across india !

It kicks off with a Tibetan bloke chanting. The crowds cheer and scream and the steaming and puffing train pulls into a field in Glastonbury. "This leads into 'Kuos', the crowds obviously loving the layered chanting and long build-up of drums, bass beat."
Ah, its all too much to handle, my stereo has taken some real punishment because of this one song.

"Here the journey ends...all change please...make sure you have all your luggage and personal possessions." (Gavin Stok)

Regards, Snapple :)

[ai_falcon]

Pinkaboo,

I think u are right about the 12 year old thing. but u dont know that i am 12 years old do u?? lol!:D

[ai_falcon]

plz give me some suggestion about how i can tell them the price!:confused:

[momentus]

It's easy: DON'T!!!!

Seriously if you want clients you've got two options. The first is to give a lowball price, hoping to attract customers because it's pretty cheap and maybe you work really fast so you think you can make a lot of money. A good theory, but here's what'll happen: you'll attract the 'cheap' customers who want a ton of features implemented that were never part of the original deal because the contract is vague. You'll end up working 8000 hours for that same 150 bucks and then the customer decides they want a different look and feel. (something along the lines of just change the colour on these 50 gif's, the font in all these pages, whip up a new background image, and implement some sort of database so people can buy stuff from me. Seriously. This happened to me). Furthermore these customers will continue to haunt you and make your life difficult. These customers are usually more difficult to deal with than regular customers as well. Also, the entire industry takes a hit everytime you make a site for 150 bucks because then people start to think making sites is easy.

The second option, which I personally think is the better one, is to attract customers with your talent. Show them you're good. These customers will respect you and feel satisfied that you're doing them a service. They do not have the feeling that because you're charging cheap rates that you are obviously not as good as the mega company who very well may produce an inferior product for 1000s of dollars more.

If you get the chance, take a marketting course if you're serious about freelancing. I'd say how you present yourself and your work is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than what you're charging. Sell yourself based on your talent not on what you charge.