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Ok, this submission is kind of cool. It's much easier than using Photoshop or something of the like to create an error message, which makes this useful. It's a bit limited though. Some things you could improve upon would be to have the option to add multiple buttons or perhaps the option to change visual styles. This one is in the XP theme, but now there is Vista and Windows 7. No love for those versions?
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Nice little tool, but could be improved a bit
The generator itself works just fine and it's fun to play around with it for a bit. But the fun quickly vanishes after a few tries.
I think with a few more features it could be made a bit better. For example we should be able to add more buttons (most error messages have three buttons: "Ok", "Ignore" and "Cancle"). A few more icons would be nice as well. Don't necessarily have to be real icons you could see in real error messages, but I think a few more icons would add more possibilites to the generator.
Lastly - and I don't really know if this could be implemented - an option to save the error message as an image would be a nice thing to have. Right now if I want to save the message, I'd have to take a screenshot, but this can get annoying really quickly.
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I think in AS3 it can be done, but even then I'm sure it would be pretty hard.
If I ever get Flash CS3/CS4, I'll look into it.
What, no sound?
A very basic piece of kit - this allows us only to create errors in Windows XP format, while they are accompanied by no sound, which really did take something away from the experience, to be honest.
Perhaps you could have done something like the Error Messages pieces, which showcase a selection of humorous messages, that you'd never see on a real computer, unless someone programmed the computer to replace the actual error messages with, which, while funny, would be such a pain to sort out.
No sound and no music made the piece quite boring and as a result, I think that there should be something said about that. The start of the piece is there, it just takes a while to get it firmed up and sorted, so that you've got a decent piece overall.
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I understand the part about no music, but what would I put in for sounds? It's just an error generator.
Very Simple
It looks very simple and lacks data validation, sure it adds text if you leave it blank but it should really not allow you to continue if it's been left blank, if you want to allow someone to leave a box blank, have a checkbox/button/keyword that makes that box blank. I also think a greater range of icons would be better and the choice of multiple buttons, since some errors would give "Okay | Cancel" if you see what I mean.
It's a start and that's good but it really needs to be expanded, more options, a nicer looking interface and such. Some music would be good too, it's just a little quiet without anything, maybe even a fake desktop in the background would improve this a little bit. Again, good start but lacking in content.
2/5
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~ Animation/Graphics ~
The graphics here seem a bit out of date. The window messages that I think of are much more bubbly and almost have a 3-D look to it. Another thing that I noticed (and sorry if this is just my computer), but the only times that I can see my mouse is when it is hovering over the parts that I can type. This was rather annoying when moving the mouse around on the screen to click buttons and I think it's something that can be changed.
~ Story/Content ~
This is where this can really be improved other than the graphics. I would suggest adding a wide variety of buttons. You can probably create a bunch of them yourself or just find a bunch on the computer as well. Perhaps using the little newgrounds icons that you find, for example the ones where you write a review, the angry face, etc..., could really add a nice element to this submission.
The choices of having different colors and maybe even different versions of windows could have made this a bit diverse. You should also be given the choice of two buttons such as a yes or no. For example, this is the error that I made for fun.
Title: Gay Porn
Message: This is a common error given when watching gay porn.
Button: Return to watching gay porn
It could be funny to have the choice of two buttons so I could have done something like this.
Button 1: Return to watching gay porn
Button 2: Shoot yourself
Another cool option could be to have one button clickable, but the other button gray out so the person couldn't click it. For example...
Button 1: Delete virus (not able to click)
Button 2: Crash computer
The last thing that I think could help this submission out would be when you click the generate button it could go to a windows screen with some funny icons or something and the error message could pop up. There could then follow an animation of a mouse trying to X the messages out, but they keep popping up until the computer crashes.
~ Audio ~
So there really wasn't any room for audio here, but if you were to add the content that I suggested in the last section of my review then you could very well have much room for window sounds such as the little beeps and alerts.
~ Overall ~
If worked on it could be a nice little generator, but as it is now I have to give it a honest score. I think that you can do a lot with it though and it's a good idea to start with. Hopefully you figure out what you want to do with it and everything works out. Good luck.
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I think the problem with the mouse is just your computer.
PM me with details of the situation.