scp crit 2

[mark | r]

Hi there, hopefully Ive addressed everyones comments - id like a reappraisal
and review of the flash preview book (flash 8 click the red Virtual Book
slub on the left of the home page)

http://scp.neue.co.uk

mark

 

[David Dorward]

Hi there, hopefully Ive addressed everyones comments - id like a
reappraisal and review of the flash preview book (flash 8 click the red
Virtual Book slub on the left of the home page)

The what? Oh, that. The text on that graphic is unreadable.

<click>

Eugh. A popup. Yuck.

"Alternate HTML content should be placed here.This content requires the
Macromedia Flash Player.Get Flash"

Well, that alternative content is rather moronic ... and I already *have*
Flash.

 

[hywel.jenkins]

Hi there, hopefully Ive addressed everyones comments - id like a reappraisal
and review of the flash preview book (flash 8 click the red Virtual Book
slub on the left of the home page)

Page 6 in the animated book has a typo on the first line - I think
there's an extra word ("you").

I just love this sort of stuff. It's totally vague, has no tangible
connection to real life, but suckers all over the world go for it.
Brilliant.

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dav=E9mon?=]

mark | r arranged shapes to form:

Hi there, hopefully Ive addressed everyones comments - id like a reappraisal

Seeing what is what is much clearer now. Then again, I might have learned
it from last time. The 'sales pitch' upfront is better, and I've got a
handle on what its all about but I still need to be convinced the author is
an authority.

The news still isn't really news and is overly repetitive.

and review of the flash preview book (flash 8 click the red Virtual Book
slub on the left of the home page)

Is that http://www.iparigrafika.hu/pageflip/ ? IMHO its gimmicky and is a
poor substitute for getting real books made (ie its /obviously/ cheap). On
a usability side, it has all the disadvantages of print with none of the
advantages of it or new media.

Personally, I don't think the BG is appropriate, it's heavy, dark,
scratched, gouged, damaged. Similarly I find the leather-bound vellum book
to has a medaeval gimoire / C19th Romantic feeling (Gothic), its all a bit
materially rich and Satanic. It doesn't seem to match the mood of the
otherwise new-agey icon graphics.

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dav=E9mon?=]

Onideus Mad Hatter arranged shapes to form:

...well aren't you making some pretty big assumptions here?

I don't think so, where?

I mean,
that thing just screams Flash 8 prefab wizard...if that's the case, he
probably didn't have a whole lot of options as far as the look.

I don't see why if it's prefab or not matters, the /end result/ is that it
looks vaguely Satanic/materialistic, isn't very usable, and doesn't help
increase my feelings of authenticity about the product. A few photos of an
actual leather bound tome would convince me more (obviously it's a limited
edition of 100 at $300 each (unfortunately sold out - which is why I have
to get the ebook...).

BTW if it is http://www.iparigrafika.hu/pageflip/ then you've got as much
control over the look as you want, have a look at it, I think you'd like
it.

 

[mark | r]

I haven't tried Flash 8 yet, is all that stuff prefab or did you
actually design the page turn transitions yourself?

--

Onideus Mad Hatter
mhm ¹ x ¹
http://www.backwater-productions.net

err nope its appropriated from a freebie script

mark

 

[mark | r]

mark | r arranged shapes to form:


Seeing what is what is much clearer now. Then again, I might have learned
it from last time. The 'sales pitch' upfront is better, and I've got a
handle on what its all about but I still need to be convinced the author is
an authority.

there arent any authorities, the author is really paniky about gaining a
following (shes had problems with stalkers) so its to be vague...

The news still isn't really news and is overly repetitive.

yeah i know, its all gonna change once there is actually news

Is that http://www.iparigrafika.hu/pageflip/ ? IMHO its gimmicky and is a
poor substitute for getting real books made (ie its /obviously/ cheap). On
a usability side, it has all the disadvantages of print with none of the
advantages of it or new media.

i showed it the client on a whim and he drooled over it

Personally, I don't think the BG is appropriate, it's heavy, dark,
scratched, gouged, damaged. Similarly I find the leather-bound vellum book
to has a medaeval gimoire / C19th Romantic feeling (Gothic), its all a bit
materially rich and Satanic. It doesn't seem to match the mood of the
otherwise new-agey icon graphics.

hmm good point, i thought about adding weight and emphasising the old
mythological style.

 

[mark | r]

Onideus Mad Hatter arranged shapes to form:


I don't think so, where?


I don't see why if it's prefab or not matters, the /end result/ is that it
looks vaguely Satanic/materialistic, isn't very usable, and doesn't help
increase my feelings of authenticity about the product. A few photos of an
actual leather bound tome would convince me more (obviously it's a limited
edition of 100 at $300 each (unfortunately sold out - which is why I have
to get the ebook...).

BTW if it is http://www.iparigrafika.hu/pageflip/ then you've got as much
control over the look as you want, have a look at it, I think you'd like
it.

have you tried editing the script, we've oversized it and its a major
pain to tweak if you want it to do anything other than the basics...

still i love the shadow effect

mark