Site Check, plz Thanks

[Flash Gordon]

REMOVED LINK

I would like to know several things:
1) do you have any problems with it load
2) Does the loaded scenes (Bio & Gallery) "double bounce" when it loads. Meaning does it play once and then play again, 1/2 second later.
3) Do the tween's run smoothly on your PC? What are your PC specs.

Thank you VERY much for taking your time.
FG

[Cota]

ok, for questions 1--Loads good for me.
2-- It does not play twice.
3--Everything runs smoothly and nicely.

Specs - Windows XP (professional), 512mb RAM, P4 2.8Ghz. A bunch of other things that were thrown together.

[suisei]

the same as cota, no problems, loads well :)
pc specs:
celeron 2.4
1GB ram.

[Flash Gordon]

thanks guys! Can anyone else take a look?

[SuperApe]

I would like to know several things:
1) do you have any problems with it load
2) Does the loaded scenes (Bio & Gallery) "double bounce" when it loads. Meaning does it play once and then play again, 1/2 second later.
3) Do the tween's run smoothly on your PC? What are your PC specs.
1) It loaded fine. Each section loaded with relatively little wait, although an animating "loading..." indicator or a progress bar might be useful in those places too.
2) If by "double bounce" you mean, pop up and pop again, no. But there is a nice animated "settle". It looks good.
3) Yes, very smooth tweening. (Firefox, XP Home, 3 Ghz Intel CPU, 1 Mb RAM)

Comment: The Gallery had two arrows to navigate with, but it was a linear array of pictures that did not loop or "wrap around". So, I would either expect it to loop back to the first or I'd expect one of the arrows to disappear to indicate that is the end of the array. (also, the first and last pictures look similar; that might cause a little worry to an end user; that they aren't seeing what they're supposed to.)
Suggestion: Will the final have a jazzy sound loop? It seems like a musicians site should.

Nice job. :D

[Flash Gordon]

Thanks for the comment super Ape. I'll fix up the gallery a bit later. Your right about that. And about the sound loop...I took a poll here at AS[org] and most people don't like sound on website when they enter. So I'm not sure if I'll add the "jazzy sound" loop. Although, I would like too, but got to please the public.

Thanks again!

EDIT:---------------------------------

The "double bounce" was cause by this code:
function bioInitial(mc, prop, goOn) {
var easeType = mx.transitions.easing.Back.easeIn;
var begin = 0;
var end = 100;
var time = .5;
box = new mx.transitions.Tween(mc, prop, easeType, begin, end, time, true);
if (goOn) { //this line correct the problem
box.onMotionFinished = function() {
myMCL.loadClip("bio.swf", "container_mc");
};
}
}
bioInitial(bioInitial_mc, "_xscale", false); //this last variable prevents the first playing of the swf
bioInitial(bioInitial_mc, "_yscale", true); //this last variable lets the swf play by sending "true" to the if statement in the function above.
//--------load bio
var myMCL = new MovieClipLoader();
myMCL.onLoadStart = function(targetMC) {
var loadProgress = myMCL.getProgress(targetMC);
myTrace("The movieclip "+targetMC+" has started loading");
var _l = loadProgress.bytesLoaded;
var _t = loadProgress.bytesTotal;
};
myMCL.onLoadComplete = function(targetMC) {
container_mc.gotoAndPlay(2);
bioInitial_mc.loading_mc._visible = false;
};

[skaboom101]

Couldn't help but notice you went to WVU? I'm a comp sci major there - I also used to be 1st alto in my high school jazz band as well, nice site as well.

[Flash Gordon]

Burn any couches???

[Flash Gordon]

I need one more bit of help. Click "ONE" in my signiture. Does the picture fully appear or does it get cut off half way through?

I have no idea what causes this. Sometimes the picture just stops downloading half way through--usually with IE. I'm not sure if my server is stalling or what the deal is. If anyone has any ideas or can check for me, that would be great.

Thanks
FG

[SuperApe]

It works fine for me with Mozilla Firebird.
(no web acceleration)

[Flash Gordon]

Thank you,

But I believe the problem is with IE, particurly 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519. Is there a glitch with this particular version of browser???

Thanks guys.

[cghughes]

Works fine for me.

G5 Powermac dual processor 2.7 ghz a piece. 6 gigs of ram. Perhaps a bit too much?

Sounds like you're getting all the little kinks worked out. I have just a couple suggestions when it comes to design. You can consider them if you wish:

I was a little unsure about the whole resizing of the content window and moving of the nav bar. If you could have everything within one window without making things jump around, there would be a greater continuity to your site that would really affect the subconsious.

The bio seemed a bit long for me. But that's because I don't know you. I read the first paragraph for interesting things, but when I scrolled down to see how long it really was, I skimmed and skipped. If this is a self-promotional site, I suggest you make it short and sweet. If it's just an "about me" page to share with friends and whatnot, I suppose it's all good.

"Media Kit" confused me. Maybe not too many other people think this way, but when I think of the word "kit" I think of a set of tools to help me do something: A first aid kit, a drum kit, flashkit, etc. But this part just seems to be a download page. So I'd just say "Downloads" or "Media" and drop the "kit"...because people will know exactly what you mean without the "kit."

Alrighty, those are the main things that stood out to me. In the words of Kip Dynamite:

peace out.

[Flash Gordon]

Kool thank you. I definately take all that (and SuperApe's comments) into consideration when I get a round to tweeking the site.

But does anyone have IE 6.0.2900 that can test the opening page for me? Just the opening pic downloading. I have read there are several bugs in that version, but is this one?