Videohelp.com Tour

[BJ_M]

done ..

videohelptour.rar

[BJ_M]

might have to fix that last slide links .... register takes you the reg page , but NO takes you to hell i think

[Shadowmistress]

I was just noticing that. And the timing is a little messed up for the first few pages. Animations are whipping by too fast.

Can you make it go full screen too?

[Baldrick]

superb!

www.videohelp.com/tour/videohelptour.htm

[BJ_M]

anything else ? :P

no to full screen i think .. its a java script and i only know the entries to make it a certain size window , not full screen .... ill look into it though ...

animations dont look to fast here -- maybe its your super computer ?

[Baldrick]

Maybe some explanation on the first page...that you should click on the Next. And I don't want that videohelp logo...i have no official logo...

it is fullscreen in firefox..and i have to reload it sometimes before it works...so not that superb...

[BJ_M]

i will take out the logo -- i can do that !

[Shadowmistress]

-- maybe its your super computer ?

Probably is. :P

Maybe some explanation on the first page...that you should click on the Next. And I don't want that videohelp logo...i have no official logo...

Anything else?

[BJ_M]

i will compress the swf also ..... if i can

[offline]

Might be just me but the RAR test runs but the
link does not.

In IE I get a warning about opening the shockwave
file and then it stops. The RAR test in IE gives me
a blocked object warning (yellow top bar like a blocked pop up) but when I click allow it works fine.

In Firefox the RAR works but the link just sits
there doing nothing.

-edit-

maybe security settings ??

[BJ_M]

Maybe some explanation on the first page...that you should click on the Next. And I don't want that videohelp logo...i have no official logo...

it is fullscreen in firefox..and i have to reload it sometimes before it works...so not that superb...

it is full screen in browser -- but it loads for me every time in both FF and IE .. not sure why you had a problem

[BJ_M]

Might be just me but the RAR test runs but the
link does not.

In IE I get a warning about opening the shockwave
file and then it stops. The RAR test in IE gives me
a blocked object warning (yellow top bar like a blocked pop up) but when I click allow it works fine.

In Firefox the RAR works but the link just sits
there doing nothing.

-edit-

maybe security settings ??

you have to click on the html file - not the swf file

[Shadowmistress]

Only loads for me half the time in IE behind absolutely no firewalls routers or nothing. The other half of the time it just stalls halfway to loading.
(I'm speaking of where Baldrick linked it in his post.)

[offline]

I did. Your RAR works fine. It's Baldrick's link
that fails.

[BJ_M]

oh ... hmm

[northcat_8]

looks fine to me BJ_M

does need directions to click the "next" button and it would be nice if the next button showed up a little quicker, I was trying to skip ahead.

[BJ_M]

yep -- thats in the "cough" "cough" powerpoint ..

i'm making some adjustments overall

[offline]

Ok. I can now say the following with confidence.

1) The RAR works everytime in both IE and Firefox
2) the link has a fail rate of 70% in IE and 85% in Firefox

Sometime is not stable.. file permissions or flash settings. I have not noticed a problem with other
flash sites.

[Shadowmistress]

The point is to read and not be able to skip ahead.

I could add directions to the next button, but that would mean BJ_M would have to start over again.

[offline]

.. really needs an imbedded voice summarizing the page
plus perhaps a notice that it only takes x minutes to
do the tour.

While your at it BJ_M, some elevator music could
not hurt :P

-edit-

I got it. Letter in a bottle by Sting.

[BJ_M]

Phillip Glass ok ? or Brian Eno ?

[Shadowmistress]

If you're feeling creative BJ, have at it man!

Why don't you time it for him, offline?

[northcat_8]

The point is to read and not be able to skip ahead.

I could add directions to the next button, but that would mean BJ_M would have to start over again.

I'm not sure the Next button needs "directions" it just needs to stand out so it's clear that you need to click it to move on.

I also realize the point is to read, but some people read faster than others, you don't want them to close the page because they got tired of waiting on the next page

[offline]

Hey !

I happen to like Phillip Glass you philistine!

-

[Shadowmistress]

I'm not sure the Next button needs "directions" it just needs to stand out so it's clear that you need to click it to move on.

I also realize the point is to read, but some people read faster than others, you don't want them to close the page because they got tired of waiting on the next page

Well now that the logo is out, there's not much left on the page so I guess it might become more noticable.

Powerpoint was finicky with it's timing restrictions. I think BJ's taking care of it tho.

[BJ_M]

so whats the consensus ?

[northcat_8]

I'm not sure the Next button needs "directions" it just needs to stand out so it's clear that you need to click it to move on.

I also realize the point is to read, but some people read faster than others, you don't want them to close the page because they got tired of waiting on the next page

Well now that the logo is out, there's not much left on the page so I guess it might become more noticable.

Powerpoint was finicky with it's timing restrictions. I think BJ's taking care of it tho.

That's true, anytime I make a PP presentation I'm always fighting with it over time issues.

[Shadowmistress]

so whats the consensus ?

On the elevator music? Ask Baldrick I guess.
On narration? I'd be willing to do it but seems kinda redundant at this point.

[BJ_M]

Phillip Glass is alright -- i wasn't knocking him ..

but fripp and eno (their elevator music phase) and glass kind a fit in there ....

[BJ_M]

no music
no narration

i was only kidding -- the file size (load time) would be to big and someone would also point out that we didnt lic it ..