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Question: Thoughts on www.astonish.com..
Just WoW!!!! - 4 (23.5%)
Original & Unique - 6 (35.3%)
I LOVE IT!!! - 2 (11.8%)
I can do better - 1 (5.9%)
I've seen better - 3 (17.6%)
Other.. - 1 (5.9%)
Total Voters: 17

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« on: July 03, 2006, 07:58:02 AM »

Our Website of the Month June 2006 is http://www.astonish.com

If you like flash.. you are going to LOVE this one!!  I'm really into the song on this site also.

Thanks Stephen Caldwell for the nomination Very Happy

Lemme know what you think!!
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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2006, 08:05:08 AM »

I've seen a lot of web sites but when I saw this one it was like WOW Clapping
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2006, 08:50:43 AM »

I like flash, I really do, been using/programming in it myself since before Macromedia bought it. But I would have clicked off of this site before it loaded.  There are nice graphics/animations, but moving from section to section is the animation really necessary? Sorry, I've just been over full flash sites for a while now.  I also didn't see any link to a non-flash version....not very usable to those with flash turned off.
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« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2006, 08:58:54 AM »

I liked the Flash version, though after a while the buttons just stopped working on me so I was stuck on the About Us page.

It would be nice if there was a non-flash version.
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« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2006, 09:52:29 AM »

Nice site!!!
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« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2006, 09:59:09 AM »

great flash... and I'm not a big fan of flash for sites...

if the monitor isn't calibrated well though the links at the bottom (privacy policy, terms and conditions, etc.) are very difficulty to make out because they blend into the background too well...

The text area in the elevator look (e.g., news items) is pretty small and results in more scrolling than would be necessary if it made more effective use of the space on the screen... navigation at times was a bit awkward for me, but given time could generally figure things out, but wasn't always as intuitive as it could be...

So, not really my taste but still a well done flash site that can make people go "wow".... or at least recognize that it's original and unique...

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« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2006, 10:08:21 AM »

OMG who said "I can do better"?

I bet it was Todd Wink
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« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2006, 11:07:25 AM »

Technically brilliant. A great site for other Flash designers to look at.

But I hate those 3 words...Please be patient. If I had come across it in normal surfing, I would have left.

I agree with ReTodd - who/what is all the animation really for? Just show me the music and don't ask if I want to sign up to be notified of something when I click another link.
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« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2006, 02:00:08 PM »

It might be cool but I can't get it to load right for me to even see how wonderful it is for some reason.

Otherwise, what I could see of it, the graphics looked neat, but once again it has that darn entry page that I think all sites should not have (other than those with 18+ content and needing an entry page to verify the user is over 18).  Why the entry page really?  Take that away, and I'm sure the site would perform better.

Congrats on the win, though  Thumbs Up
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« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2006, 02:10:13 PM »

@Amy: who me? what makes you think that? Confused


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« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2006, 02:16:45 PM »

* RyanJ looks for songs on website however, they aren't on iTunes Sad
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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2006, 07:03:46 AM »

Wow.

That being said, I would have to echo the comments on the load time. Also seems a bit slow when navigating the site, but that may be by design. All in all, very nice.

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« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2006, 12:15:54 PM »

@Amy: who me? what makes you think that? Confused


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« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2006, 05:42:43 PM »

Hey, I'm just sayin what I'm thinkin....besides I've made the same mistakes before with full flash sites.  argh...!!!

Besides, you asked what I thought. Doh
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« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2006, 12:55:22 AM »

i voted original & unique... well because that's what it is..

the animations were incredible, but in my opinion... to much
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