Re: www.mercw.com (WAS:FLASH: Site Check)

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 04:41 PM 1/24/00 , you wrote:


>Our company has just completed its corporate site using Flash.  I was 

>heavily involved in the development, and would really appreciate some 

>feedback.  If there are specific inquiries, then please reply to the 

>

address on the site: feedbackmercw [dot] com

>

>

>The URL:  www.mercw.com


Hi Arun,


The shopping cart is well arranged, and I like the red gradient color 

scheme, but there's a lot I think you can improve upon. I was surprised 

that almost none of the buttons in your site have Over states, which would 

enhance the site tremendously. Often on clicking on a link I had no idea if 

it was indeed a link or where I'd be going, and suddenly I was in a new 

HTML window. Also there's no obvious way to move backwards, for instance 

from one sample to the samples menu. I tried the droplets effect -- the 

gradients in the drops make it run very slowly (you should test on a slower 

machine, depending what you think the viewers might be using, not just your 

development machine), and the droplet sounds are not synchronized. Also, 

you need some proof-reading services ("wether" should be "whether;" 

"shopping back" should be "shopping bag"). Attention to all these things 

will increase viewer confidence tremendously. As it is now, if I were 

shopping for a web production company I certainly would be looking for one 

whose own site had sleek, intuitive navigation and no typos or other 

obvious mistakes.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

Our latest Flash job is on display at <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/rickfrnd>

See our Flash portfolio at <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>

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