Slidescroll

Productivity

presentation viewer

SHOW HN2013

57points
23comments
#451of 1,739 in 2013
Top 26%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

9 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.

Execution: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, easy to use, works across devices without installing software

    From 2 comments
    • Very clean. I like the ease of use, natural progression, and the ability to skip ahead or follow the presentation without a ton of overhead or software to install. Bonus points…
      SanderVanD on HN
    • This is very cool. Tested it using Chrome (OS X), iPhone and 1st-gen. iPad together. Seamless experience on each of them. Really neat and with obvious use cases. Good work!
      spiffyman on HN
  • Useful for conference presentations and group viewing

    From 2 comments
    • Love it! Can't wait to use this when I present at conferences.
      thisischris on HN
    • Great work. It's come along way since the earlier prototype I've seen. For larger groups it would be great if you could click a link and go into private browsing mode, but still…
      jdavid on HN

Objections

  • Demo presentation shared globally, so it jumps for all visitors

    From 2 comments
    • Nice :) I'm curious to see how long the http://slidescroll.com/demo_presentation holds up as HN comes barging in! Right now, every time someone clicks that link the presentation…
      marcuswestin on HN
    • There should be a different demo page for each visitor. I was confused and thought it wasn't working well at first.
      michaelvillar on HN
  • Did not work in IE9 and IE10, blank screen

    From 1 comment
    • Tried with IE9 and IE10 and get blank screen and no transitions. If I view with Chrome, all is happy.
      mikerg87 on HN

Requests

  • Unique sync per demo visitor

    From 2 comments
    • Regular presentation are only controlled by the author. I made a special case for the demo. Yes, there should be a unique-sync code for each visitor to the demo. I though the…
      jenkinsj on HN
    • Good advice. The happy medium is a unique code for each person who click the demo link. Firebase would make this easy. Thoughts?
      jenkinsj on HN
  • Show slide number out of total

    From 1 comment
    • Ha, nice demo presentation. One minor piece of feedback: add slide number out of total below the slide.
      fuelfive on HN
  • Private browsing mode that still follows the group's slide

    From 1 comment
    • Great work. It's come along way since the earlier prototype I've seen. For larger groups it would be great if you could click a link and go into private browsing mode, but still…
      jdavid on HN

Questions

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