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Plainview: chromeless browser for presentations
Plainview is a full-screen browser based on WebKit specifically for presentations or situations where seeing browser chrome is undesirable. (I don't know, maybe you're making a presentation about oil.)
It's wonderfully simple: Starting the software shows the Plainview start page. Enter a search term, or press command+L and you're off. Plainview has a set of key combinations to help during your presentation, and you can control-click anywhere to bring up a contextual menu. It can even import your Safari bookmarks.
Saft can do this, I know, but if you don't like InputManager hacks, then Plainview is for you.
[Via Swissmiss.]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
d said 8:34PM on 6-04-2008
$??
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Andrew Rush said 8:42PM on 6-04-2008
it's free
Andrew Rush said 8:42PM on 6-04-2008
it's free
d said 8:49PM on 6-04-2008
Thank you very much. While Saft can do this, if this is all you want from Saft this is cheaper. Just a note.
Dasutin said 8:40PM on 6-04-2008
I Drink Your MILKSHAKE!
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shaun said 2:33AM on 6-05-2008
I've abandoned my boyyyyyyyy!
Mike said 12:53PM on 6-05-2008
Excellent App Name + Icon combination.
Ryan Gonzalez said 8:49PM on 6-04-2008
I drink your milkshake...
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amiga_tone said 8:55PM on 6-04-2008
Ummm.. on the website there is an image showing the bookmark functionality and at the bottom of the bookmark list is "A womans guide to pee standing"
Not sure everyone will be impressed seeing that!
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Matt said 9:10PM on 6-04-2008
HAHAHAHA!
Robert Palmer said 9:13PM on 6-04-2008
Yeah, they probably should have picked their screenshots a little more carefully.
meh said 10:54PM on 6-04-2008
That would be cool if it actually worked. Did you download and try it? I can't get the location or start window to come up at all, and clicking around for a minute caused it to crash. Mac Pro here. It's like a free irritating waste of time.
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Robert Palmer said 11:14PM on 6-04-2008
I did, actually, and it worked as-advertised for me. I tried it on my Intel-based 24" iMac.
You might want to contact the author of the software and let them know the trouble you're having.
Ryan said 2:26AM on 6-05-2008
I had that problem too. I closed out, and re-opened it, and it worked fine, and I'm on a Macbook. Just try again, and if nothing else, try downloading it again. The developer might have some insight, but just be persistent. That's how it usually is for me with all software. ;)
Carl Hutzler said 9:52AM on 6-05-2008
I wonder if there is a way to change the browser's USER-AGENT string information. When I went to abc.com to view their shows, it errored and said I was not using a supported browser. Safari works just fine.
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Microdot said 10:13AM on 6-05-2008
ditto here. doesnt work. first run crashed on me... then i reopened, which seemed to work fine. but it wont save a homepage in preferences, half of the hotkeys dont work (although they will work if you use the right click menu), etc. this is a beta at best.
while i commend them for trying, this is literally something that can be put together yourself in xcode, with little to no programming knowledge, in less than 30 minutes.
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