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We 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?

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For 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?

Try the fullscreen button -- is that what you're looking for?

Thanks yes.

Also the "readcast" popup is pretty annoying IMHO, popping up each time, obscuring the document.

If you have a Scribd account, visit http://www.scribd.com/account/edit#sharing and turn off all the Readcast options. The popup will be suppressed.

I 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.

FYI: 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.

Can'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.

We 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.

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