Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday March 30th 2006
RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 23:12
You're still drinking now ... from lunch??
Fair play!
Max.
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Re: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 23:06
OOOOoooohhh yes it is
Nite all
had to many drinks at lunch meeting - I can't drink anymore - too old
Lorna
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Re: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 23:02
OMG! I actually agree with Terry! Hey, that fairy dust must have worked : )
Used correctly, i.e. sparingly without pointless whizzing, flash is a
fantastic tool.
Paul
On 30 Mar 2006 22:16:30 -0000,...
RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 22:56
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no it isn't!!!
Michael Palmer Web Developer
MRP=dEV
t: 07977 294840
www.mrpdev.co.uk
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RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 22:48
Noooo! Convince the customer that flash is a curse on the internet.
/me sits back & watches the argument rage
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RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 22:41
> So for the flash haters. Send the unwanted flash projects to me, never
turn away business. <
Noooooo! Send the flash projects to me!
Michael Palmer Web Developer
MRP=dEV
t: 07977 294840
www.m...
RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 22:37
I never turn business away! I re-direct wherever possible. I have been
known to use flash, but at the end of the day, I just see absolutely no
point in it at all.
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RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 22:28
For the record...
I am not a flash hater, I have designed many flash and director projects for
large organisations, these have been CD distributions/web/media
presentations. In fact I currently a lot...
RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 22:20
My mate at www.freddysays.com (shameless site plug there) likes it a lot,
but a lot of other friends just don't get it, they don't know what to press
or anything. I just couldn't use it as my actual s...
RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 22:13
Hey, thanks. I'm not bothered about spiders though or SEO though, the site
is just to compliment any advertising I do and to send potential clients to
for more info. I re-did it purely for usability r...
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Image Map
date posted 30th March 2006 22:13
umm, nowhere. freelancers was off-air most of the day...
PuntersPower wrote:
> where have you been?
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> Andrew
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>...
RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 22:05
That's ok, it's a bit mad isn't it? Just wanted to stir things up a bit with
you bunch of flash-haters! It was a failed experiment, but I enjoyed putting
it together. It's a major cpu hog too
Michae...
Re: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 21:58
I know that some people don't like flash and as a rule I don't go down that
road unless it's for music or games site.
But
Michael - I love it.
I really don't know why - I just do.
Maybe because i...
RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 21:50
> Talk of using flash too much from a previous thread got me thinking about
a
> design i was going to use for my website but thought better of it. I think
> its ok, quite original and striking (even t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Image Map
date posted 30th March 2006 21:44
finally... Illustrator does out the image map coordinates! there is a
little icon at the bottom of the save for webpage page, absolutely no
explanatin, very annoying.
Andrew
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http://www.punterspo...
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 21:33
Terry not all criticism is constructive, you can also have damaging!
And not all criticism was professional
Quote: "I personally do not have a clue what you do, and I don't want to
find out"
Quote:...
RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 21:18
Don't beat yourself up about 'too much flash being a bad thing' who
writes the rules anyway? You are not an eCommerce shop selling off the
shelf products and having to give the buyer all ingredients e...
Re: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 21:13
Some neat design, some clever actionscript, absolutely no indication
what the user is supposed to be doing there.
I have seem some fantastic clever actionscript toys in the past that say
"this is a...
RE: FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 21:00
Michael,
This one would really do my head in, glad you've got the courage to share it
with everyone (I am joking, please don't sound off)
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RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 20:57
Any comment is construcive, if you don't want the truth then you should not
post your site for comment. That's why I don't post any of my work on this
site, if the client is happy then that's good for...
FN-FORUM: when is too much flash too much flash??
date posted 30th March 2006 20:53
Talk of using flash too much from a previous thread got me thinking about a
design i was going to use for my website but thought better of it. I think
its ok, quite original and striking (even though...
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 20:38
You're welcome fella - we can't all be artists, there'll always be a
validated HTML coder type out there to bring us down man ;-)
Max....
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 20:27
It's because I am black, isn't it?
No seriously...
Hey thanks for your time guys and girls!
Appreciate all remarks - good and bad, and would just like to thank John
'Max' Maxwell on being a professi...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 20:02
On Thursday 30 Mar 2006 8:14 pm, Ben Moxon wrote:
> http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/mysterymeatnavigation.html ) it is if
I love the analogy of a roadsign that doesn't display anything until=20
you...
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:59
Blimey ... Craig's taken a beat of a beating up there guys, I shall try and
be firm but fair and constructive ... ahem ...
Certainly not my style (personally) and the Rendering of your initials in
yo...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:42
to be brutally honest i would give up graphic design and flash and stick
with photography....
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:35
Less is more... Flash in my humble should be limited to menu's and graphics
that need to portray a point, you got my attention for all of 5 seconds. So
I personally do not have a clue what you do, and...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:32
I agree with previous statements about dropping the flash. It's
serving no purpose, it's barely demonstrating any mastery of Flash,
but it certainly is demonstrating a lack of consideration for
acces...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:30
As all the other replies I really didn't understand it what are you
advertising. graffiti?
Lorna
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Re: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:26
Got no further than the music.
If I want a website to make a noise I will lick my finger and rub it
across the monitor.
Nothing ever makes me leave a website faster than sudden unexpected
music ge...
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:23
I don't usually respond to these type of message because I don't feel
qualified (in most cases) to judge a designers work when my own designs are
not very good.
In this case though, I thought I would...
Re: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:14
looks like on of those early cheesy flash sites. Sorry i would start again!
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RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:08
Why the hell use flash
Navigation is impossible unless you built it
Liked some of the photos when I found them
Crashed IE6 and outlook in one hit
What the hell is wrong with using HTML?
Mike...
RE: FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 19:05
Points after a few minute look at the site:
1) Take off the music. Music is NOT good and will lose you a lot of hits
2) Is the website finished? When you go to 'websites' none of the links
work.
3) A...
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Image Map
date posted 30th March 2006 19:00
I have done this many times in Imageready but thought Illustrator could do
it :(
where have you been?
Andrew
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http://www.punterspower.co.uk
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> (aaaand...we're back)
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> Andy
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> Cant you open...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Question - differentiate between mailto and http
date posted 30th March 2006 18:41
On Thursday 30 March 2006 19:13, Paul Durdin wrote:
> Uses can create text of their own which gets published into areas of the
> page, so I would have to add some code that finds the mailto and then a...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Question - differentiate between mailto and http
date posted 30th March 2006 18:25
Uses can create text of their own which gets published into areas of the
page, so I would have to add some code that finds the mailto and then add a
style / class statement at publish time. Not a s...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Question - differentiate between mailto and http
date posted 30th March 2006 18:17
On Thursday 30 March 2006 18:30, Paul Durdin wrote:
> Is there any way in CSS to set different colours for mailto and http type
> hrefs? apart from creating specific styles and dotting them to the htm...
FN-FORUM: FW: site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 18:01
www.craigstedman.com...
FN-FORUM: FW: Site submit
date posted 30th March 2006 18:00
Hi all
I have added my new site to the world wide audience out there
I know how everyone loves to rip new sites to shreds so I will add the
link in a following email due to bad listings in the past f...
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