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For comparison, here's the same pdf as viewed in Googles pdf viewer: http://tinyurl.com/33339j8 http://tinyurl.com/33339j8 My own feedback so far: Clicking dow
by axod 16y ago
For comparison, here's the same pdf as viewed in Googles pdf viewer: http://tinyurl.com/33339j8 http://tinyurl.com/33339j8
My own feedback so far: Clicking download, should allow me to download the document. It should not require me to create a dummy account, jump through 'invite friends' 'look at these other documents' hoops.
Also I really like the way Google has a scrollable list of thumbnailed pages. Makes navigation very easy. Also search, and ability to change size of pages with a simple click to allow different reading modes.
Plus with Google, when you click [download], it downloads. It doesn't try and get you to sign up.
Scribd looks like a big improvement on flash definitely though. The fact it's using fonts rather than fonts rendered on an image is lost on me though. Copy+Paste of text works fine in both viewers, and that's all that really matters to me.
- mseebach 16y agoIf you’re reading this, you’re using Scribd in HTML5. Not so much, no..
- qhoxie 16y agoWe have discussed some really cool things to do with page thumbnails. It is one of the features I am particularly excited about, because I feel that navigation of online viewers has a long way to go. How do you like the slider/scrubber in terms of the nav experience?
- axod 16y agoFor me, the slider thing duplicates the functionality of the scrollbar(browser generated), without adding anything else useful. Also I'd much rather see the viewer separated from all the other clutter. Didn't it used to be?
- thacker 16y agoTry the fullscreen button -- is that what you're looking for?
- axod 16y agoThanks yes. Also the "readcast" popup is pretty annoying IMHO, popping up each time, obscuring the document.
- thacker 16y agoIf you have a Scribd account, visit http://www.scribd.com/account/edit#sharing http://www.scribd.com/account/edit#sharing and turn off all the Readcast options. The popup will be suppressed.
- axod 16y agoI don't have an account. I don't understand why I want an account yet :) The value proposition of what Scribd solves, is still puzzling to me... But thanks for the info.
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- yellowbkpk 16y agoFYI: Whenever I see "readcast" I read it as "Re-Ad-Cast" not "Read-Cast" as I'm sure you mean it. With the color on the page it's a different story, though.
- qhoxie 16y agoCan't reply to you directly axod, so I'll put it here. To better support fullscreen viewing and other setups, we still have some behaviors to figure out with those pop-out dialogs.
- qhoxie 16y agoWe have some ideas about hooking the slider in with thumbnails. What we think the slider affords us is a nice way to give more context to moving around a document. Currently, it gives page numbers as you move and snaps to pages. These are outside the scope of the native scroll (to some extent) and we would like to take this part of the UX even further.
- spicyj 16y agoI also agree that clicking download should let me download the file.