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01/11/2009 04:29:22 PM · #1 |
Steve Hill Photo
I'm mostly curious how quickly it loads and if anything seems quirky.
I want to slow down the Featured Photographs slide show a bit but otherwise...? |
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01/11/2009 04:46:45 PM · #2 |
| Itlooks very nice to me. It loads quickly on my wireless notebook connected to cable modem. The layout is very nice. I don't see anything quirky at all. Good job! |
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01/11/2009 05:01:21 PM · #3 |
Looks good. The load times are acceptable... could be a little faster though...
I don't see anything quirky though. Everything seems to be working well.
And I think if you slow down the slideshow too much then people might not even notice that it changes before they start clicking on stuff.
Message edited by author 2009-01-11 17:02:22. |
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01/11/2009 05:10:34 PM · #4 |
Load time for me was about 20 seconds until the first picture was on my screen. Not really that bad, considering you told the user what was going on with the progress bar.
The interface wasn't quirky at all - In fact I really liked it. And your photography was superb! ;) |
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01/11/2009 05:41:25 PM · #5 |
Seems to load quick enough.
Since you are using Flash (I assume you did this yourself?), there are one or two pointers that might help the overall appearance.
- Serifed fonts (the ones with little flares on the ends, like Times New Roman or Courier) are not Flash friendly. Your best bet is to learn about "pixel fonts". Here's a great website with a few freebies, Fonts for Flash.
- Flash does not handle image scaling very well. Make sure the JPEG you use in the movie clips is the exact same dimensions as the movie clip itself...avoid trying to cram a 480x360 image in to a 400x320 movie clip. It just never looks right.
HTH.
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01/11/2009 08:24:49 PM · #6 |
I don't know,I got to about fifteen seconds and gave up.
Sorry, I know that this is typical of the fickle and impatient culture of today, but I really don't think there's any excuse for load times that long for anything that's not video.
I visit hundreds of photo sites a month and all of them load faster, some use flash and many don't and most of them look just great even with very low bandwidth usage. I think you should think very carefully about every little bit of bandwidth that you want the client to have to use before he can get to your photos. If you feel your site justifies it, then fair enough.
Best of luck. |
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01/11/2009 08:50:35 PM · #7 |
It was a tad slow for me as well and I am wireless.
But it was worth the wait when I saw your shots. Gorgeous! |
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01/11/2009 09:09:26 PM · #8 |
| Loaded pretty quickly for me and I really like the layout. Some of the photos have horrible compression problems. It's quite obvious on the first shot in Headshots. |
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01/12/2009 09:10:41 AM · #9 |
Steve Hill Photo
Bump and thanks for the looks and critiques.
I don't think 15 seconds is all that bad...or is it? 20 seconds seems long depending on your connection but I assume things are slow in general for those who took that long to see the site.
And yeah, I need to find and resize a few of the images to avoid jaggies but otherwise...anyone else wish to chime in?
Message edited by author 2009-01-12 09:11:13. |
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01/12/2009 09:48:43 AM · #10 |
I would say initial load is a bit slower than I would have liked. Also, right side of the page looks incomplete on wide screen monitor.
Nothing is bad, just little things.
Nick |
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01/12/2009 10:39:32 AM · #11 |
| I didn't measure the time, but it seemed like a not-too-long wait for me, certainly faster than many photo sites I've seen. The images are beautiful, and the interface seemed easy & intuitive. Congrats! |
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01/12/2009 11:43:22 AM · #12 |
Runs slow for me, but I'm on a filtered network that serves 2000+...not a likely situation for everyone.
Looks lovely! |
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01/12/2009 03:25:14 PM · #13 |
A lot faster and smoother today.
You could possibly put it down to my flaky internet connection. |
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01/12/2009 03:48:11 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by pawdrix:
Steve Hill Photo
And yeah, I need to find and resize a few of the images to avoid jaggies but otherwise...anyone else wish to chime in? |
It does annoy me a bit that your background color when the site first loads is that blue/green. If your background image isn't going to load immediately, the color should more closely match so there's not a jarring color change. The color should at the very least match the blue you use once the site loads. Right now it seems much greener. |
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01/12/2009 04:04:00 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Nikolai1024:
I would say initial load is a bit slower than I would have liked. Also, right side of the page looks incomplete on wide screen monitor. |
Same experience as me^ |
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