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[Scion]

I just finished my brand new Multimedia Design Company, Total Pixelation Studios. I posted an unfinished version here a couple of months ago, I don't know if anyone saw it. Anyway, the people who did see it said I should do something so that the text can be slid up.

http://www.totalpixelation.com

It's not BRAND, brand new, because I've had a couple of clients so far, but it's only a couple of weeks old.

Please comment!

[Will0wz]

You have done a great job of that.. Looks good, i remember seeing this site at first and u had to scroll a lot to see the text. imagine if you was on 800x600 with a 15" monitor.. U'd have to scroll a heck of a lot.. A little tip would be to Embed the links ONTO the image so that you have the choice whether or not to slice up the picture coz a lot of un-illiterate computer users might miss the sentance that explains how to move up the text and find it anoying scrolling all the time.. I know i would if my mouse wasn't equppied with a scrolling wheel!

[eric81]

All the double clicking to navigate is rather annoying. Cool design though.

[Scion]

Double clicking? You don't have to double click anything to navigate o.o

[PixelHiveDesign]

Looks very good, nice work. Very 2advancedish. Only problem is having to scroll past the same giant pixelated ship every time the user changes sections. Either reduce the ship graphic to banner size, or even better, remove it completely so users can get to the real content.

[Archangel]

Looks good.

My one recommendation would be to devise a way to tell the state of the ship when the click on a link. That is, if I clicked it to hide it and show the data then when I click on a link keep it hidden.

[Scion]

Hmm...I'll try to implement that into the design, Archangel. Thanks for the suggestion.

PixelHiveDesign, just click on the ship and you can view the text.

[Pax]

Very 2advancedish.

Total rip of the content layout from 2a.

Hmm...I'll try to implement that into the design, Archangel. Thanks for the suggestion.

PixelHiveDesign, just click on the ship and you can view the text.

I think the point is that you shouldn't need to click a huge ship or scroll a mile to see the content. You should focus on displaying your content in an effective fasion, rather than a big ship. It's more annoying than it is cool, and when that happens its no good. It's like a flash intro. I'd look into other methods of having a cool look while showing off your content in an appropriate way.

I also find it humorous that you did work on another web design/hosting companies website. If I were them I wouldn't let you put their website in your portfolio...how bad does that look on them? A web design company needing someone else to make their website.

[Scion]

Very 2advancedish.

Total rip of the content layout from 2a.

Hmm...I'll try to implement that into the design, Archangel. Thanks for the suggestion.

PixelHiveDesign, just click on the ship and you can view the text.

I think the point is that you shouldn't need to click a huge ship or scroll a mile to see the content. You should focus on displaying your content in an effective fasion, rather than a big ship. It's more annoying than it is cool, and when that happens its no good. It's like a flash intro. I'd look into other methods of having a cool look while showing off your content in an appropriate way.

I also find it humorous that you did work on another web design/hosting companies website. If I were them I wouldn't let you put their website in your portfolio...how bad does that look on them? A web design company needing someone else to make their website.

Lol, yes, but you should've seen his older website. Looked like it was made in 1995.

Well, since it's a design website, I'd like to show off a bit of what I can do. Also, I had a few people I know compare the site with the sliding picture with the site without the sliding picture, and they say it was better with the picture.

Also, the content in 2A is based in Flash, and overlaps whatever picture they have in their site.

Edited by Scion, 28 June 2007 - 04:48 PM.

[eric81]

Double clicking? You don't have to double click anything to navigate o.o

By double clicking I mean clicking on the image link and then clicking on the image below to display the content.

[Pax]

Lol, yes, but you should've seen his older website. Looked like it was made in 1995.

Well, since it's a design website, I'd like to show off a bit of what I can do. Also, I had a few people I know compare the site with the sliding picture with the site without the sliding picture, and they say it was better with the picture.

Also, the content in 2A is based in Flash, and overlaps whatever picture they have in their site.

You should show off your design skills in your portfolio and in the overall layout/design of your website, NOT by adding poor functionality and poor layout design to do so. 2A had the right idea by doing what they did overlapping content on the graphic. It was clean, simple, great looking and effective.

[Scion]

Lol, yes, but you should've seen his older website. Looked like it was made in 1995.

Well, since it's a design website, I'd like to show off a bit of what I can do. Also, I had a few people I know compare the site with the sliding picture with the site without the sliding picture, and they say it was better with the picture.

Also, the content in 2A is based in Flash, and overlaps whatever picture they have in their site.

You should show off your design skills in your portfolio and in the overall layout/design of your website, NOT by adding poor functionality and poor layout design to do so. 2A had the right idea by doing what they did overlapping content on the graphic. It was clean, simple, great looking and effective.

Well, it's my design, I'd like to show it off there. Anyway, not all clients let you do as many technicalities in their designs as you want. If I did what 2A did, that would be referred to as copyright infringement.

[shub]

also agrea on some stuff people said but one thing.. center your site right now everything is to the right and not centered (you really have to have a big screen whit high resolution to see that it isnt centered)


~Shub

[cosmouse]

I have a 15" monitor and an 800x600 resolution (weird coincidence?), and there is indeed A LOT of scrolling. I'd say a good 200px of the layout and content is out of the main view. Also, I'm not computer illiterate, but it did take me a while to realize how to get whatever scrolling you implemented. I kept clicking the LINK twice, instead of the picture of the ship.

[Pax]

I have a 15" monitor and an 800x600 resolution (weird coincidence?), and there is indeed A LOT of scrolling. I'd say a good 200px of the layout and content is out of the main view. Also, I'm not computer illiterate, but it did take me a while to realize how to get whatever scrolling you implemented. I kept clicking the LINK twice, instead of the picture of the ship.

Proof is in the pudding for the poor functionality there mate. I would honestly consider changing that. I'm not trying to flame you, or tell you your work sucks. But you come here showing your side in the feedback forum, and I'm trying to tell you that ease of use is huge on the web. People will *not* go back to that website because its frustrating.

[Scion]

I have a 15" monitor and an 800x600 resolution (weird coincidence?), and there is indeed A LOT of scrolling. I'd say a good 200px of the layout and content is out of the main view. Also, I'm not computer illiterate, but it did take me a while to realize how to get whatever scrolling you implemented. I kept clicking the LINK twice, instead of the picture of the ship.

Proof is in the pudding for the poor functionality there mate. I would honestly consider changing that. I'm not trying to flame you, or tell you your work sucks. But you come here showing your side in the feedback forum, and I'm trying to tell you that ease of use is huge on the web. People will *not* go back to that website because its frustrating.

I understand you're trying to help me, but I designed for 1024x768 on purpose. I checked out a lot of the statistics; 86% of users in January 2007 were using 1024x768 or bigger. I'll center the site, thanks for the info.

[shub]

I have a 15" monitor and an 800x600 resolution (weird coincidence?), and there is indeed A LOT of scrolling. I'd say a good 200px of the layout and content is out of the main view. Also, I'm not computer illiterate, but it did take me a while to realize how to get whatever scrolling you implemented. I kept clicking the LINK twice, instead of the picture of the ship.

Proof is in the pudding for the poor functionality there mate. I would honestly consider changing that. I'm not trying to flame you, or tell you your work sucks. But you come here showing your side in the feedback forum, and I'm trying to tell you that ease of use is huge on the web. People will *not* go back to that website because its frustrating.

I understand you're trying to help me, but I designed for 1024x768 on purpose. I checked out a lot of the statistics; 86% of users in January 2007 were using 1024x768 or bigger. I'll center the site, thanks for the info.

Yeah pax... really get over it every site is now in 1024x768...

stop saying its bad or not good... lol

~Shub

[lysol]

lol...wow...if you have a 15 inch monitor...you just got problems. anyway, i got a 22, so it looks ok.

the ship going up and down...eh, its annoying. but other than that, the rest of the interface is pretty solid. good work thus far. maybe incorporate flash with the ship instead...idk, thats just imho.

[PimpMyCom]

look great, love the ship gives it a great design.
the top NAV is abit hard to read but maybe thats just me......