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The website was my hardest project (as of the 11th of June) so far, but not perhaps because it needed to be. During its creation I was determined to create something that felt more like the kind of software you wish windows had than an actual website. The result was visually quite pleasing and very 'slick' (general consensus) but it had a few flaws.

The main one of these was its ease of updating, I originally planned to dynamically load html into flash, but since flash and html get along together like tigers and rabbits, I was forced to write a kind of crippled version to force feed flash through txt files. This meant that all the txt files had to be hand coded, remembering what each css tag did months later, and manually uploading and entering the website address for each image individually.

When submitted I was basically accused of making the menus confusing, and later of just making the whole project into a kind of self indulgent tech-fest to keep myself interested. I to some extent disagree, as it took alot of work to learn and put into practice all that AS3. But on the other hand yes, it was perhaps far more complicated than necessary.

The final result paid off for me though, and it is quite fun to use, at least for the audience I had in mind, ie. other designer types who have no fear of slidey menus and other useless, yet fun, aesthetics.