Critique Please - Portfolio Site

I'm thinking of updating my portfolio site again and would like to hear what
you think. You'll notice two or three phases of web philosophy here, and
now, since we've been in another phase for about year now, I would be
interested in your thoughts.
The old site is at http://www.etonys.com .
Thanks.

aPS wrote:

I'm thinking of updating my portfolio site again and would like to hear what
you think. You'll notice two or three phases of web philosophy here, and
now, since we've been in another phase for about year now, I would be
interested in your thoughts.

I notice only the Flash-only phase of Web philosophy. What others am I
missing?

The old site is at http://www.etonys.com .

I'm sorry, but your site (really only a page, if that) is all but
unusable. All I can tell from it is that Anthony Stephenson (you,
presumably) does art & design in seven areas (advertising, brochures,
.... Web design). I have no idea what part of the Earth you inhabit. I
can see only the clown figure as the sole example of your work.

What if people don't have Flash, or don't have the version of Flash you
require?

What if people can't read the teeny-weeny text for the seven areas? (I
guess they wait for the large version of each phrase to come and get
tangled up with the small texts, as they obscure each other with
matching greys.

What if they don't notice the tiny and very faint "Contact" link?

What if they don't have an e-mail client configured on the computer
they're using (as at an Internet cafe)?

What if their eyesight is exceptionally good, they have Flash, they
don't mind you forcing a Flash-only page at them, and they are still
interested in your work, and want to see an example (besides the clown)?
The minisule thumbnails merely suggest a variety of completed projects.
They don't convey anything about the actual artwork.

What if people wanted to hire you? Or buy some of your work? Do you sell
anything? How? Where?

You're better off with http://home.att.net/~aps.net/, which also has
problems, but at least it has /some/ content for search engines to
index, and so comes up higher when I specifically search for "Anthony
Stephenson."

BTW, the logo (reinforced by the clown doll) looks like eToys, not
eTonys. I guess that that might be deliberate, but it won't help folks
find your site again.

I hope my criticisms are useful for you. Good luck.

--
John

John Hosking wrote:

aPS wrote:

I'm thinking of updating my portfolio site again and would like to
hear what
you think. You'll notice two or three phases of web philosophy here, and
now, since we've been in another phase for about year now, I would be
interested in your thoughts.

[snip]
I'm sorry, but your site (really only a page, if that) is all but
unusable. All I can tell from it is that Anthony Stephenson (you,
presumably) does art & design in seven areas (advertising, brochures,
... Web design). I have no idea what part of the Earth you inhabit. I
can see only the clown figure as the sole example of your work.

[snip]

I generally agree with all that John had to say. Additionally, I find
the noise on mouse-over annoying.

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"aPS" <aps (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote

I'm thinking of updating my portfolio site again and would like to hear
what
you think. You'll notice two or three phases of web philosophy here, and
now, since we've been in another phase for about year now, I would be
interested in your thoughts.
The old site is at http://www.etonys.com .
Thanks.

Flash sites hurt my brain. I keep flash installed just so I dont miss out on
anything, but most designers are lazy and use flash as a way of forcing
there work on to the web rather than working with the media. Take a look at
http://www.csszengarden.com to see what I mean. I would never hire a
designer with a Flash site.

--
Cheers

Paul watt
http://www.paulwattdesigns.com
http://www.amnesty.org

On 2007-04-08, aPS wrote:

I'm thinking of updating my portfolio site again and would like to hear what
you think. You'll notice two or three phases of web philosophy here, and
now, since we've been in another phase for about year now, I would be
interested in your thoughts.
The old site is at http://www.etonys.com .

The text is too small for me to read.

The noises are annoying.

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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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Paul Watt kirjoitti:

"aPS" <aps (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message
I would never hire a
designer with a Flash site.

Why? There is customers who needs Flash made sites like artists and
those who needs AdSite for their movie. These sites needs to do high
graphical skills and lot of skills with Flash.

I agree, the odd Flash movie is fine to show off, but an entire site is a no
no in my book. A good artist nows the limitaions of canvas and doesnt try to
force thord party aplications on his/her users.
--
Cheers

Paul watt
http://www.paulwattdesigns.com
http://www.amnesty.org
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Paul Watt kirjoitti:
"aPS" <aps (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message I would never hire a designer
with a Flash site.

Why? There is customers who needs Flash made sites like artists and those
who needs AdSite for their movie. These sites needs to do high graphical
skills and lot of skills with Flash.

"Paul Watt" <paulio (AT) NOSPAMwattio (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote

I agree, the odd Flash movie is fine to show off, but an entire site is a
no no in my book. A good artist nows the limitaions of canvas and doesnt
try to force thord party aplications on his/her users.
--
Cheers

Paul watt
http://www.paulwattdesigns.com
http://www.amnesty.org
"Matti Kiviharju" <matti.kiviharju@-nospam-teknologiaplaneetta.com> wrote
in message news:N_nSh.33426$Zd.25298 (AT) reader1 (DOT) news.saunalahti.fi...
Paul Watt kirjoitti:
"aPS" <aps (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message I would never hire a designer
with a Flash site.

Why? There is customers who needs Flash made sites like artists and those
who needs AdSite for their movie. These sites needs to do high graphical
skills and lot of skills with Flash.

BTW, I'm quite drunk and I'm dreaming of a net utopia where all browsers are
equal and plug ins ar not required

--
Cheers

Paul watt
http://www.paulwattdesigns.com
http://www.amnesty.org

Paul Watt wrote:

"Paul Watt" <paulio (AT) NOSPAMwattio (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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I agree, the odd Flash movie is fine to show off, but an entire site is a
no no in my book. A good artist nows the limitaions of canvas and doesnt
try to force thord party aplications on his/her users.

Paul watt
http://www.paulwattdesigns.com
http://www.amnesty.org
"Matti Kiviharju" <matti.kiviharju@-nospam-teknologiaplaneetta.com> wrote
in message news:N_nSh.33426$Zd.25298 (AT) reader1 (DOT) news.saunalahti.fi...
Paul Watt kirjoitti:
"aPS" <aps (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message I would never hire a designer
with a Flash site.
Why? There is customers who needs Flash made sites like artists and those
who needs AdSite for their movie. These sites needs to do high graphical
skills and lot of skills with Flash.


BTW, I'm quite drunk and I'm dreaming of a net utopia where all browsers are
equal and plug ins ar not required
You can say that again.

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Paul Watt wrote:

"Paul Watt" <paulio (AT) NOSPAMwattio (DOT) freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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I agree, the odd Flash movie is fine to show off, but an entire site is a
no no in my book. A good artist nows the limitaions of canvas and doesnt
try to force thord party aplications on his/her users.
--
Cheers

Paul watt
http://www.paulwattdesigns.com
http://www.amnesty.org
"Matti Kiviharju" <matti.kiviharju@-nospam-teknologiaplaneetta.com> wrote
in message news:N_nSh.33426$Zd.25298 (AT) reader1 (DOT) news.saunalahti.fi...

Paul Watt kirjoitti:

"aPS" <aps (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message I would never hire a designer
with a Flash site.

Why? There is customers who needs Flash made sites like artists and those
who needs AdSite for their movie. These sites needs to do high graphical
skills and lot of skills with Flash.



BTW, I'm quite drunk and I'm dreaming of a net utopia where all browsers are
equal and plug ins ar not required

Ah yes. And Microsoft has made all its software open source. Pass that
bottle back over here. I like it!