übergeeks new site

[Matthew_H]

Originally Posted by MrToast

Nice site, but I don't like how it doesn't all fit within my browser window. Side scrolling is the bane of internet surfers.

MrToast

What monitor resolution are you using and I will see if I can get our webmaster to modify.

[Greg Marra]

That site won't display properly at anything below 1024x768. Many users still use 800x600, so you want to make sure you support at least that resolution.

Pardon me asking, but what is the fascination with using flash for rollover effects on buttons? Is there some software package that you're using to make the site that is making flash files for the rollovers? The effects you're producing could easily be duplicated with CSS rollovers or javascript. Why make the user download a bigger file instead of doing a little extra work.

Not to mention that Adblock in Firefox puts little tabbies on flash files so I can block the ones that are ads. Having a menu full of flash files = lots of tabbies.

What are you using for a comment system? Is that something you wrote yourself? It's something I'm trying to look into for my own team's site.

[Matthew_H]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

That site won't display properly at anything below 1024x768. Many users still use 800x600, so you want to make sure you support at least that resolution.

Pardon me asking, but what is the fascination with using flash for rollover effects on buttons? Is there some software package that you're using to make the site that is making flash files for the rollovers? The effects you're producing could easily be duplicated with CSS rollovers or javascript. Why make the user download a bigger file instead of doing a little extra work.

Not to mention that Adblock in Firefox puts little tabbies on flash files so I can block the ones that are ads. Having a menu full of flash files = lots of tabbies.

What are you using for a comment system? Is that something you wrote yourself? It's something I'm trying to look into for my own team's site.

Yes I agree about the flash files. I am having the webmaster atleast remove the sound from each file. As far as the resolution I found that he is working off my monitor that is set at 1280*1024. We will be resizing everything to fit into a 800*600.

These are the items we need to hear about. Please pick our site apart and let us know how we can improve the look and feel.

[Roland]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

Not to mention that Adblock in Firefox puts little tabbies on flash files so I can block the ones that are ads. Having a menu full of flash files = lots of tabbies.

Well that's your problem; if you choose to install something that puts an ugly tab on every flash thing on the page it's your fault the page is covered in "little tabbies". That's not to say that this webmaster isn't a clueless Flashmaster who needs to learn when Flash is and isn't appropriate.

[MrToast]

Originally Posted by Matthew_H

What monitor resolution are you using and I will see if I can get our webmaster to modify.

1024x768, Mac OS X 10.3.5, Safari 1.2.3 (125.9)