How Do You Like Our New Website?

[Jazzin']

How do you guys like my bands new website. The sax player made it. The old version of the site is available through the [noflash] link.

www.qquintet.com

Please give a lot negative comments!

[HomeBrewTJ]

It needs a progress bar when it's loading so that the users know if they want to wait for it or not. I waited ten seconds and was still looking at a white box, so I moved on.

[ElliotBass]

hey man, I absolutely love the instrument selecting thing that brings up more info, maybe a bit more in the side menu, some info about the band and media. Anyway, overall i love it. p.s. is that a suburst jaguar?

[thumbplucker]

I saw the progress bar overlayed the main pic.

basic for a flash site,,, almost 'ajax' like really,,, which 'might' have been a better alternative to using flash since you wouldn't really have the load and start up times that flash requires (especially on dial connects)...

I would try combining the two sections,, instead of having a left logo/music/links, and right pic/bios... try putting it altogether for continuity

but, overall,, not bad!

[smperry]

Originally Posted by HomeBrewTJ

It needs a progress bar when it's loading so that the users know if they want to wait for it or not. I waited ten seconds and was still looking at a white box, so I moved on.

I see a progress bar.

Looks good to me. You might want to have something on the side that lets people know they can select an instrument to learn more about the members or look at the calendar. When showing the profiles of the members, you could add a picture of the person (after the zoom in, superimposing a picture). Other things you might want to have on the left part of the screen are calendar/gigs (I know it's on the graphic, but worth repeating), media kit (a downloadable document for bookers/radio/newspapers that want blurbs on the band where you can brag a little), and mailing list.

But I like it. Hope this helps.

Marshall

[markjazzbassist]

cool site. cool jams. i really dig the into to power incidental. soft, smooth, oh so good.

above the calendar, put the word "Calendar". I figured out to scroll over the instruments but it took a while to figure out the calendar and stuff.

[HomeBrewTJ]

Waited a little longer, and there it was- sorry. Pretty cool, although Jakob Nielsen might disagree.

I like your tunes.

[62Walnut]

Nice stuff you're playing there.

I saw a progress bar too.

If I may ask a question.....Are you called Questionable Quintet because there are only four of you? If so, I love the name.

I have to say that although I like the idea of the rollovers for the info, it seems to be all there is to the site. It's like being left in a waiting room, albeit with nice music, but the people you're waiting for, never arrive. Then you just lose interest and leave, not wanting to go back.

It's missing a lot more contact and 'feel'. The answer is in looking at the old site. Seeing the pics of the band members, instruments, recent playlists, quotes etc. This gives much more feeling of involvement and personality. Viewers are now seeing and relating to real people, and your interests rather than just seeing a pic of your practice set-up, taken while you all go for a break. It just seems... dark, desolate, abandoned.

Don't get me wrong, it's not meant to sound critical in a negative way, but constructively. If I couldn't give an explanation of how it felt, or offer any positive suggestion I wouldn't have said anything. It really pisses me off when people say something is wrong, and then don't offer any positive alternatives themselves. Just saying no for the sake of it, does nobody any favours.

It may be a funny way to describe it, but that's the best way I can think of. Maybe the more personal elements of the previous verion can be included or incorporated somehow into the new site.

Good luck with it.

As an end note, I must also say I've always liked your distinctive avatar pic with the headstocks of your Fenders. nice touch.

Walnut

[shooter_mi]

I dig it. I like the way you list gear in the bios. My guitar player said to me just the other day, "when I check out a band's web site, I want to know what kind of gear they use and what they talk about between songs at practice."

I like that version of chameleon, too. Who's doing the keys? I see a piano in the pic, but no player?

[shooter_mi]

Originally Posted by HomeBrewTJ

Waited a little longer, and there it was- sorry. Pretty cool, although Jakob Nielsen might disagree.

I like your tunes.

A man could easily drive himself crazy trying to play by Jakob Nielsen's rules. I follow his guidelines for service/information sites, but for band stuff, all bets are off.

[Jazzin']

Thanks guys.

Keep it coming. (bump)

[HomeBrewTJ]

Originally Posted by shooter_mi

A man could easily drive himself crazy trying to play by Jakob Nielsen's rules. I follow his guidelines for service/information sites, but for band stuff, all bets are off.

True, I guess with band sites, you want to have a little more fun. But at the same time the user needs to know how to find stuff they're looking for.

[Jazzin']

Bump.

[canopener]

Questionable Quintet? Is it a bi-curious band?

Iiii'm kidding.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

[James Hart]

I dig it, and I generally hate flash sites.