Creative Slovak Web Design

[Ian Jones]

Very nice. Extremely professional. Very smooth too.

Pity I couldn't mute the sound though. It was irritating because it forced me to turn down the music I was listening to, instead of just being able to mute the website music.

Some of the interface blip sounds, is one of them from Flashkit.com? something sounded familiar... I may be wrong.

All the animation and transitions are very well though out. I loved the button rollovers, my only gripe being readability.

Ahh, I just found the sound controls. Jesus, talk about a needle in a haystack. They are tiny! how do you expect people to find them easily?!

One of my only other gripes is that your text all seems to be in caps. Ok, so it looks cool... but its harder to read.

Overall, its very nice. I really enjoyed it. The attention to detail is superb, especially the menu rollovers... I noticed they were scripted not tweened. Well done.

[Ian Jones]

Oh, also forgot to mention. You have a fair few spelling and grammatical errors all over your website. I would strongly recommend you have it professionally proofread. It really does make a difference.

[klingspor]

Ok, I'll also point out some things I found:

- while the loading times are bearable, I wouldn't exactly call it quick
- the font is tiny... I'm using 1280x960 and I can't read a thing, especially considering the fact that red on white is NOT the greatest contrast to read with
- reading black on black is yet even harder, as seen in your top left menu ("company-- partners?")
- there is no visual indication of what is a clickable and what isn't - how am I supposed to tell a link from text?
- there's just too much going on. It's visually noisy and all the superfluous movement distracts from reading the content

While I hate to say it, I think that overall your site makes just about all the mistakes that users complain about with Flash-sites...

And I do like the look, it does look ok. But from a functionality point of view, it's hardly useable... and (web-)design does by definition include functionality, not just looks...

[kyvadlo]

Ok..... I think that the website is very profesional. Yes there are a few mistakes (Ian Jones said it) but ....

Re: "While I hate to say it, I think that overall your site makes just about all the mistakes that users complain about with Flash-sites..." you must be very skillfull in the web sites ... or I thnik no. I had no problem with navigation and dont know how you but I did not needed any special visual indications for me it was pretty clear what is clikcable and what is not . If you want a simple web site (as your) then don`t mess with flash. (Did you saw that this guy win two web gold prizes and one of them is for this web...)

I surf on the internet daily and this was one of the best and very original web I ever saw.

[klingspor]

Originally posted by kyvadlo
Ok..... I think that the website is very profesional. Yes there are a few mistakes (Ian Jones said it) but ....

Re: "While I hate to say it, I think that overall your site makes just about all the mistakes that users complain about with Flash-sites..." you must be very skillfull in the web sites ... or I thnik no. I had no problem with navigation and dont know how you but I did not needed any special visual indications for me it was pretty clear what is clikcable and what is not . If you want a simple web site (as your) then don`t mess with flash. (Did you saw that this guy win two web gold prizes and one of them is for this web...)

I surf on the internet daily and this was one of the best and very original web I ever saw.
(Original? Oh please, you must be new to the web...)


But you hit the nail on the head: I enjoy simple design in websites. So do many others.

And as his websites is obviously meant to be for a webdesign company, I expect a high level of design skills.

design = art + function

Without function it becomes mere art, which is inappropriate for a design company. I found the site's functionality to be severely lacking, for reasons I stated above. Hence my critical post.

If you don't agree with me: fine. But you can be sure that I'm not the only one that sees it this way.

[4Castor]

You are jokeful :))

"design = art + function"
Ok I agrre with that and where is the problem on my web?

What I am doing is not only strict design but creativity !!!
I agree, only with one : Button ("company-- partners?") ANYTHING MORE.

Others remarks are only your subjective criticism.
But thanks for your interest.

good luck

CASTOR


p.s. Hmm ... Your web is so simple. Do you think that this future of creative webdesign? O.K. That´s your opinion.

[maular]

I too found the music quite annoying, particularly on the intro page. Definitely some usability issues, but you have already disregarded stefanminning's comments on the same, so I won't rehash them.

The font size is not too bad here (1280x1024), I have good eyes and find it quite legible. However, when there are whole paragraphs the font style (all capital letters) makes it very boring to read - I certainly couldn't be bothered.

You have noted Company|Partners, I would also change Contact|Team.

Also, your logo. Until I saw it in your Portfolio, I didn't realise that said Canubia, on the intro screen I assumed it said "Loading". But then, that doesn't need to be legible; it's just a logo.

Overall, a neat flash site, well done.

[klingspor]

4Castor, of course my criticism of your design is only my own opinion.

That's exactly what this forum is for. Disregard my points (and maular's) if you like, but then perhaps don't post in the WIP/Critiques section in the first place, if all you expect is praise and you can't deal with negative critique...

[Michael Chen]

The site is just wicked ^^

[4Castor]

:)))

[bumskee]

well, i thought it was rather good. it's show off site right??? coz once you start work in commercial work there's goes half the things you wanna do it's usually determined by usability, clients blah blah blah. Of course you make the best out of what you have.

So, I am guessing 4castor wanted to show off his skills in flash. I think he did good.

good luck!

[4Castor]

Thanks bumskee. Good remark.

Yes It was my destination to do this web as my presentation work.
I´m new in the USA trade so I tried to present myself a little bit.


Good Luck

[Scott Harris]

Sometimes it seems people post their work not as a way to get constructive feedback ... but rather as a form of masturbation. I really hope this forum doesn't become JUST a place to have your @ss kissed...

4Castor you should take the comments people give you into consideration ... critiques are worth much more than compliments.

As for my comment ... it's another Flash site. Its an ok but there are 1000 out there just like it ... what once looked cool is now just mainstream ... fancy rollovers, bells and whistles just don't really excite clients.

you really want to grab work? Show people how you can display their idea to the AVERAGE person ... quick, easy, and efficiently.

Please...don't you dare reply to this in a negative or defensive way ... we are all here to help and you would be a fool not to listen to the good idea's and observations of stefanminning and the others who posted here

[Ian Jones]

fancy rollovers, bells and whistles just don't really excite clients.

I dunno where you live, but drop shadows still excite some clients! I garauntee you they are still as excitable as they ever were.

[Scott Harris]

By excite...I mean make them choose you over the other web designers breathing down their neck...

More often then not they see all of the motion as confusing or unnecessary...

If you want to be a web designer. You have to effectively display the clients product or service ... not just have 1000 things flashing and sliding from one side of the screen to the other...

Then again ... the last thing I'd want to do is be a we designer... But I'm just going off what I look for when I hire someone to work with me...

Yeah...eh, I've seen them flip over drop shadows but Ian... you know what I mean ... there is a difference beaten a drop shadow and not being able to read the text on the screen because your having an epileptic seizure...

I see alot of good, solid work...covered up by flashy distractions.

[bumskee]

yeap,

fancy rollovers, bells and whistles just don't really excite clients.

this statement is true in some ways, I really don't get excited looking at fancy things, maybe it's been abused way too much. But some clients as Ian mentioned do get excited over drop shadow.

Cgtalk.com have lots of creative minded people, also exhibits some quality works too, but in a way it's sort of numbing us to the fact that it's good solid work. We have all seen too similar sites like 4castor's, but neverthless it's obvious he spent a large amount of time doing whatever he did to make dat site.

It depends on how he takes compliments and crits to his own benefit I guess.

[Garma]

Originally posted by 4Castor
p.s. Hmm ... Your web is so simple. Do you think that this future of creative webdesign? O.K. That´s your opinion.

Hey boy! This ain't professional! YOU are asking crits, not he! If you can't cope don't ask for them

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