Looks like a good start, at the bottom of the page in the footer the area seems .. broken. For the AboutUs section and the blogroll, there is an inconsistency with the style, namely on the about us the grey background continues to the separator but not for the blogroll.
I agree with mattura, DirectX is designed for use on one specific system so it will in no doubt be more efficient because it can rely on capabilities that are only available in certain environments. While openGL is cross-platform, its just not as optimised as Dx, it can run on anything, but not...
The site looks really good, and the background suits the general theme and topic of the site. Normally i would say avoid pattern backgrounds, but this fits well. Try and alter the main grey though, if someone has they're brightness low it would be hard to read.
http://www.bhutani.net
This one looks neat and tidy, try widening the central column to fill more space, and shortening the page, it could take a long time on those with limited connection.s
The other site, I'll have a look later if i get chance
Well as long as its legal, and complies with ToS it should be OK. If you want, message me with the content and i'll check it for you. Welcome to x10 though i'm sure you'll have a great time here
rather than using POST statements have you tried using get
ie
URLRequest("contact_parse.php?fromname="&name2_txt.text&"&fromemail="&email_txt.text&"&fromcomments="&comments_txt.text)
<?php
// Create local PHP variables from the info the user gave in the Flash form -disabled message field
$fromname = $_POST['fromname'];
$fromemail = $_POST['fromemail'];
$fromcomments = $_POST['fromcomments'];
// Strip slashes on the Local variables -disabled message field...