give it a click...

I like the site a lot, but I do have one lil suggestion: I would one, put a skip intro button at the beginning. The more I work in web design the more I notice that people just won't sit through an intro. so I would suggest that. Also the format of the site might be a lil small, don't be afraid to use your screen space. I hope this helps.

Your site opens a new, /full screen/ window without warning, and makes no use of that space.

1. never, ever open a new window without telling the user.
2. never make that window fill the screen
3. None of that's necessarily in this case, just re-use the same window and don't resize it.
4. I also agree there needs to be a "Skip intro" button.

You made me click on something that opened in a new window. My first reaction was to close it and leave. Just wanted to let you know, as others may have the same reaction. I kinda snobby about this. Pah Designers!

thnx guys! I really agree with u, this needs a little twist and turns...regarding intro well this was initially a part of the site loader and the reason was to involve the viewer in something other than just LOADING word but yes it ended up sounding like an intro so i think i need to fix it up...and the idea of the full screen was to give a bit backdrop to the content just to highlight the actual content window + personally i dont like the upper bar of the explorer window it stays there all the time with a lot unnecessary details and end of the day it starts looking the part of ur design and kills it...so that was my reason but let me give it a 2nd thought too.... :)

thnx again for ur coments.....njoy

Your site looks great, but the text is too small. And because it's in flash it won't be searchable at all on the web. Don't you want people (clients!) to be able to find you with search engines?

I'd definitely recommend you create an html version of your site and add that as a choice on your splash page ("enter flash site", or "enter html site").

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natobasso

Hi Shary!

Since everybody else mentioned the visuals and the workings of your site (although it does look nice), I would mention your misuse of grammar. Which is fine if English is not your native language, but if you want to draw clients from the U.S. and the U.K., make sure your English is written properly. For example, during the opening page (or the loading page, that is) it should say "Good Design Should Never Come with an Expiration Date..." not "Expiry Date". No such word in the English language. I'm assuming this wasn't intentional?

I noticed some other misuses with your grammar within the body text of your site, (i.e. "working within the graphic design field..."—just say working in the graphic design field) but I guess what you need to do is get with someone who can help you one on one so your grammar is correct.

I hope this helps. Good luck!
Suzanne Maestri-Walters

well thnx natobasso...i think this is what i should really work on....actually i gave a very little time to this site so i know their are alot of problems but yes an html version is a big miss here...so let me come up shortly with my portfolio updation and an html version... :)
and yes sozanne....ur point is taken :)
i know my english is not good enough i will work out with some one and will fix the bugs soon....

thnx for ur comments....
shary

thnxagain