Re: Website Appraisal

Very professional looking, very slick. I know a lot of work went into this,
but foget it for the dialups. I've got a good 56K connection and I hated
waiting. Maybe its not an issue for your target group.

I got a weird flicker on the Philosophy page, right in the middle of the red
band (Gateway, TNTNvidia, PIII500 128MB RAM, IE 5.5, updated yesterday).

I would think you're going to have issues with people hitting the back
button to return to the previous sequence and getting dumped into the
index.html and there is no gentle non-flash link. Most importantly, it felt
more like a slick computer commercial than a Web-site. I wasn't sure if I
was getting any information or if I was being subjected to someone's
presentation (I know you always are, but...).

Andrew

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Lanxner" <klanxner(at)home.com>
To: <hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Website Appraisal


>
> On 29 Jan 2001, at 8:14, Anthony Romano wrote:
>
> > I was wondering whether some of you could take a look at this site and
> > provide me with a critique of it.  This is a commercial site geared
> > primarily for the people in the business.
>
> > The url is: http://www.mdr-entertainment.com
>
> I think the site is beautiful. Great Flash design. Very fluid and a good
> use of color, mostly. I have my doubts about the use of Flash for an
> informational site. But MDR's site is a showcase site and Flash handles
> the job very well. It is a pretty hefty download but if you believe your
> audience can handle it, then that may not be a problem.
>
> I like the transitions between site areas but do not like the effect of
> building the portfolio area.  I got impatient waiting for the portfolio
> to finish displaying all its elements. Also, much of the text is too
> small to be readable without zooming. The down states of the buttons are
> particularly hard to read with tiny white text on a light gray
> background. In my opinion, the color of the pulsing MDR on the initial
> screen is not right. It doesn't seem to go well with the other colors on
> the page, especially as it expands. And a music off button might be a
> nice option. :-)
>
> Did I miss it on the contact page or does this firm not have an e-mail
> address?
>
> Ken
>
>
> ThirdLives Web Design
> http://www.thirdlives.com
>

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