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This is very neat!

For people clicking on a link to some slides that someone shared, it seems like starting out in viewing mode with a prominent edit button might be better than starting out in edit mode?

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Thanks for the feedback, that's a really good idea! I'll try to roll it out shortly!

Also, viewing slides on a tablet, I don’t see a way to open speaker notes since I can’t “press the S key.” These instructions should probably be different if you’re not on desktop.

Maybe display speaker notes by default if the screen is in portrait mode?

The slideshow button is a split pill, you can open it there where there is this tiny up arrow that opens up a drop down menu. But on tablet it probably doesn't do what you want it to as it was built for multi-screen use on the desktop.

I'll have a think on this tonight and I'm sure we can do a tablet speaker notes mode.

I tried out the speaker view now that I'm on my laptop, and that would be great for someone actually giving a presentation, but since I'm just viewing it, it's not quite what I want. (For one thing, the animations don't happen.)

I just want to see the speaker notes while looking at the slides.

Some unexpected behavior: I reloaded the page, double-tapped on the first slide to go back to it, then hit slideshow. Instead of starting out on the slide like I chose, it went to a slide further in othe presentation. I think it’s a bit too persistent about resuming where you left off?

Also, swiping left to get back to the first slide puts me back in the editor (I went too far), and then hitting slideshow puts me back where I started so I have to swipe left again.

The slide resume behaviour is definitely a bug, I'll take a stab at it shortly.

The swipe left on first slide is a feature though, its to help mobile users get back to the editor easily.

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