Know-How Exchange : Website Critique

You lost me on the first click.

What the heck are you doing with an "Enter" page? And when I click that, why the heck do you need to launch a new browser window? Which is a big blank box for me, by the way, because I use Firefox.

So far what I see instills zero confidence in your company's skill set. If you've got crown jewels, why are you showing the world cheap rhinestones? C'mon, you can do WAY better than this. ;]

Chough

Don't you listen to the neo-ludites!
Most of what has been said about your site is based on a lowest common denominator approach.
"I don't understand good design"
"I built my HTML site on my home PC"
Have you seen some of these folks bland websites??? Just take a look....
Sorry SRyan and skoobie99 but if you live in glass houses etc.

If you follow the comments above you will be left with a bog basic left hand navigation site in navy blue, just like all the other PC home built websites out there.

You are selling creativity, so stick with doing things differently, why use HTML when your sending a NOW! WOW! message.
If you audience can't see Flash pages or their Modem is still from the last century... then I guess you wont want their custom anyway.

The green is great and says 'Fresh' and I do like the barcode style loading bar, your on message here.
Where I do agree on the other comments is that there are some technical problems on loading in some areas (this isn't a design issue everyone - it just a technical issue in the Flash file) go back in and see how the sections are set up to load in.

Most of the site works fine on my Mac in both Safari and Explorer, but as we still live and work in a world where Dinosaur
PC rule, then you will need to test all your platforms as much as you can.
Please remember that you don't need to worry about the folks with low spec computer systems as most of them are petty Crown Jewel thieves and Flash just makes it harder for them to steal!