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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Source: http://www.barbariangroup.com/software/plainview_app_1_0

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Microdot

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.

June 05 2008 at 10:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Carl Hutzler

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.

June 05 2008 at 9:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mike

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.

June 04 2008 at 10:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Robert Palmer

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.

June 04 2008 at 11:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ryan Sandberg

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. ;)

June 05 2008 at 2:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

amiga_tone

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!

June 04 2008 at 8:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Matt

HAHAHAHA!

June 04 2008 at 9:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Robert Palmer

Yeah, they probably should have picked their screenshots a little more carefully.

June 04 2008 at 9:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ryan Gonzalez

I drink your milkshake...

June 04 2008 at 8:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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