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Post by Gfdgsgxgzgdrc on Jan 23, 2021 8:15:16 GMT
What do you mean it's Saturday? It's totally Monday and you can't convince me otherwise.
For this week's edition of Adobe Flashback, we're taking a look at another one of the site's interactive elements: those menus where you move the mouse over the buttons and Homestar says things and fun stuff happens. You know, those ones. I already posted a poll about menus in general, but this seemed particularly appropriate in light of recent events. Also, I think the main pages are both plentiful and interactive enough to warrant a poll of their own. Which one is your favorite, and as a bonus question, what's your favorite of the 184 mouse rollover effects? (Just kidding, you don't have to answer that. It's obviously the yellow firework on Main Page 12.) I'd talk about which main pages are my favorite, but it was Friday night when I started writing this post and now it's Saturday morning, so maybe I'll do that later.
What do you mean Adobe Flashback is obsolete as a series because the entire site has been converted to Ruffle and HTML5 to keep most interactivity intact? This series is still cool and you can't convince me otherwise.
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Post by Gfdgsgxgzgdrc on Jan 24, 2021 4:49:27 GMT
Some runner-ups include #15 (Powered by The Cheat; it's terrible and so many of the effects are hilarious), #19 (The Show; having a homepage take place on a game and/or talk show is an amazing idea, and all the effects are fairly elaborate), and #27 (Peasantry; you can tell it has the same level of polish and ambition as most recent stuff, with some good humor as well).
I can't decide on a favorite, so instead I'll choose two: #22 (Virus) and #23 (Backstage Pass). Virus is one of my favorite emails due to its creative utilization of the medium, so taking that concept and making a menu out of it was an obvious yet genius choice. So much happens on this page, and the increasingly-absurd nature of the increasingly-long "downloads" effect is a particular highlight. #23 is a clever concept executed excellently, with some great jokes involving the behind-the-scenes aspect. Also, until now I never noticed the implication that regular Homestar is free to stroll around as he pleases, while an overly-upbeat clone just stands next to the menu at all times. (Note how "'Sup, man?" is in Homestar's deeper modern voice, implying that he's the regular Homestar, and "'Sup?" is spoken in a similar tone to "toons!", "games!", and so forth, as if this clone merely exists to speak the names of the buttons while Homestar is busy starring in toons.)
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