the flash thing is really a shame, because i can tell the designer has a wonderful knowledge of flash and its many intricate workings, something i will never be able to say. It's unfortunate that someone with such talent in that arena knows so little about webdesign =\
On the topic of everyone saying the site looks "so five years ago"...Five years ago website technology was vastly different. PHP wasn't used in basic webdesign, CSS was almost unheard of, and div layers were yet to be thought of. Framesets were standard and the only way to lay a website out was to use tables. iframes were the new technology. I feel nostalgic
to carry on the car metaphor, it's less like driving a NA Miata and more like driving a 1982 Civic. NA miatas are cool. 82 civics are old. You're driving without vtec, man.
Anyway, my point is that internet technology moves a hell of a lot faster than car tech. Flash sites from five years ago - like this - are inefficient. they take a lot of load time and burn a lot of gas. They're badly tuned carburetors. Plus, things go out of fashion. And especially if you're the future of entertainment....be on the cutting edge, yaknow?
