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  1. #1
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    Looking for mean critique of helicopter video web site.

    Hi.
    I'm going for a real clean "less is more" kind of look for a new web site and looking for some mean critique to help me make a better design
    Interested to know if something looks ugly, is difficult to use, or if it could in any way be done better.

    http://swedenbyair.com/

    Thanks!

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    Looks perfect to me

    Interesting site.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeZazz View Post
    Looks perfect to me

    Interesting site.
    Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it, but just want to make sure I'm not being blind to something obvious just because I made it

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    Layout is sweet, it's however lacking color in my opinion.

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    Video Size In page is not fits with my laptop however...
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    Quote Originally Posted by J-Williams View Post
    Layout is sweet, it's however lacking color in my opinion.
    Yeah the only thing that really adds color are the videos and pictures. Have experimented some with adding more color but not been happy with any of the results yet.

    Quote Originally Posted by LankapartnerHost View Post
    Video Size In page is not fits with my laptop however...
    What resolution does your laptop have?
    Could you take a screenshot?

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    Just two, not really mean though:
    • Pick between SwedenByAir (which you have under <title>) and Sweden By Air (which you seem to use everywhere else)
    • Add one more line to space out between different rows of videos (the video for Northern Stockholm Skyline and the one below it is close to each other at the moment)


    Hope this helps. Your site looks great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dale View Post
    • Pick between SwedenByAir (which you have under <title>) and Sweden By Air (which you seem to use everywhere else)
    • Add one more line to space out between different rows of videos (the video for Northern Stockholm Skyline and the one below it is close to each other at the moment)
    Thanks!
    I have fixed so that the name is the same in all places and added an extra bit of space between videos. Change will show in next deploy (have a bunch of minor changes in the next version).

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    easy layout, loads quick, I like it.

    How are the videos taken?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wokawaka View Post

    What resolution does your laptop have?
    Could you take a screenshot?
    Its 1366x768

    http://gyazo.com/243343b81e264b70ab025df9403ca6d1
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    Quote Originally Posted by gingir View Post
    How are the videos taken?
    Filmed using GoPro Hero 2 and a remote controlled helicopter, can see pictures of it in the "Builds" section.
    http://swedenbyair.com/build/1/explorerquad


    Quote Originally Posted by LankapartnerHost View Post
    Thanks! I'll see what I can do to fix that.
    Last edited by wokawaka; 08-31-2013 at 11:10 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wokawaka View Post
    Thanks! I'll see what I can do to fix that.
    Also video is not loading well here , may be due to its HD Format.
    I suggest you to add normal size video copy as well because still most people not have high speed internet on this world.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LankapartnerHost View Post
    Also video is not loading well here , may be due to its HD Format.
    I suggest you to add normal size video copy as well because still most people not have high speed internet on this world.
    The videos are much nicer in HD, and in my experience people don't bother changing to HD format if the video are not in HD to begin with..
    My thought was that I force all videos to go in the highest possible quality and for those that can't view that quality they will switch to lower.
    Don't think I can make it so YouTube switches to a lower quality if it lags.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wokawaka View Post
    Don't think I can make it so YouTube switches to a lower quality if it lags.
    This is more controlled on the user's end, i.e., under YouTube settings > Playback > "Always choose the best quality for my connection and player size".

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    Your website looks nice.
    It has a simple design which works very well.
    I also liked the videos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dale View Post
    This is more controlled on the user's end, i.e., under YouTube settings > Playback > "Always choose the best quality for my connection and player size".
    In my experience only very advanced users will adjust the quality, and then I'm left with the option to cater to the vast majority of my visitors who can view HD content, or to the few that can't and are probably used to adjusting video quality because of their internet speed. Also, in my opinion, the users experience on the site is highly dependent on the visual quality of the videos.

    -I'm basing my argument on most being able to view it on information about what networks users are visiting the site from using Google Analytics.

    Quote Originally Posted by ann12 View Post
    Your website looks nice.
    It has a simple design which works very well.
    I also liked the videos.
    Thanks =D

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