On Jul 15, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Marc H. Scholl wrote:

>
> On 15.07.2009 at 01:16h, Christiaan Hofman wrote (with possible  
> deletions):
>
>>>
>>
>> That would indeed qualify as a feature request, but one that has  
>> already been rejected. Sorry.
>>
>> Christiaan
>
> ... indeed! And I was one of those who asked for it. I still would  
> find it useful to consider "presentation" mode more interactive  
> rather than "read-only", but Christiaan seems to have strong  
> opinions here...
>

It's not just me who feels strongly about this, it's also a lot of  
other users. You should realize that often adding one feature can  
negatively affect another, and this falls squarely in this category.

Christiaan

> My work around is to use the -- free, by now -- Omni Dazzle 
> (http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidazzle/ 
> ) tool to scribble on the slides (actually: on the screen on top of  
> the slides) in Skim's presentation mode.
>
> Works nicely. The only drawback is: your scribbnling is not part of  
> the slide, if you page forward/backward, the scribbling stays up,  
> and if you delete it, it's gone forever. So, to me it's really just  
> a work-around, and I'd *really* prefer, if Skim offered the  
> functionality.
>
> [BTW: there has been another discussion slot aksing for the removal  
> of the sliding panel effects (to the left and right of the screen)  
> in full-screen mode. If that were possible, we could use full-screen  
> instead of presentation mode and achieve pretty much the desired  
> effects. Unfortunately, blocking the sliding panels in full-screen  
> mode is possible either...]
>
> I like and use Skim very much. I'm sure, this intended additional  
> functionality (either way) would be beneficial for many of us who  
> use SKim in class and try to give a little more "(inter)active"  
> presentations. Maybe sometime Christiaan can be talked into adding  
> it...
>
> Best
>       --Marc
>
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> |
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