flash hata's - no derek;-)
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- jpea
ok, so i got a pretty burning email today from a viewer of a site i just launched last week. Telling the owners how he feels about it and such and says it's waaaay too much and reeks like a trendy techno lover with too much pomade.
anyway, grain of salt really.. but the thing that burns me is that he's, what i like to call, "one of those" designers. He lives on slashdot, hates anything that's not php (i got nothing against php), was the designer of the last site that this client had, and says it's waaay too much and feels waaay to edgy.
Anyway, yeah so people obviously should comment on a site because hey, they're the customers and such. But this guy feels to me like he's trying to be the sqeakiest wheel.
Oh well, i got paid for the gig already and any changes are hourly... ya can't win em all.
- Bluejam0
what's the site?
- brandelec0
tell him to go f himself
- sparker0
eh, as long as the client's happy and your design solved their problem, then i wouldn't really worry about what the "former" designer says.
you have a really smooth style. it's good.
i'm not a big fan of flash web sites, either...the one thing that bothers me the most is all the "enter" here crap. just put me into the site, already...
:)
i do think that if you develop a site completely in flash you should provide a valid, accessible and compliant companion site, though. it doesn't have to look and act exactly like the flash site...but there should be something for those who don't like flash.
- jpea0
well, the client seems happy with it. They were really looking to make the feel more hip and directed towards a younger crowd (it's a brewery/grill in a VERY college oriented town, 35k of 90k people are students).
I worked there for 4 years in college so I think I have a pretty good idea of what the place is about.
Here's the letter just for kicks:
http://containedenvironment.com/…but hey, i was paid, the owners seem happy with it so i guess it's no big deal... I guess, after being on slashdot for 5 years or so i'm just sick of the people that take the flash plugin out of their mozilla package out of principle (or a badly reasoned principle).
- gabriel_pc0
That email is seriously weak. Definitely tell him to bend over and smile like a donut.
- Derek20
i cant comment you mean?
- jpea0
i was joking d
:-)
- gravityroom0
( was the designer of the last site that this client had)
That says it all - did you expect him to be nice? He lost his gig...
Cool site btw...
- Derek20
haha
;)
cool.. i will comment later.
- Derek20
im too lazy to type it out now... but i promise a full thang later
- tongues0
not an anti-flash email at all? its anti-inappropriate design.
its a nice site though, sour grapes from the old designer or not. I really dig the nav.
cheers to you.
- tara|gee0
LOL victim of bush wtf
- mirola0
yeah, your site is really nice. the guy clearly has too much time on his hands
- tara|gee0
"signed - bitter angst ridden 'designer'"
- jpolk0
your animation is super smooth
- brandelec0
that read like a pick-up line
;{)
- jpea0
hey man, what can i say?
the ladies like my smooth movements:-)
- brandelec0
haha
bradley johnston is sending me email bash
what a loser
- jpea0
i'm hoping that you didn't word it so it gets back to me.. heh.. i'll just leave it be.
- jpea0
i'm hoping that you didn't word it so it gets back to me.. heh.. i'll just leave it be.