show the controls only on :hover

[Hywan]

Nice idea even if it's not always useful. Isn't it too specific?

[hsablonniere]

Meh, could you detail a use case Paul?

[paulrouget]

No use case. The controls look too intrusive I guess. … don't know. I am thinking about the video players.

[hsablonniere]

Humm, I see what you mean but I'm not really convinced. Most of the slidesharing website embed with static controls. I'm not saying we should do the same because they do but because it feels natural to me.

If we put them only on :hover we need a way to inform readers/visitors that it's interactive and not an image. Maybe we could hide them after the first hover... Just thinking out loud...

Here's a little compilation : http://jsbin.com/ozevem

[Hywan]

Maybe it is useful in fullscreen? And of course, in fullscreen, we have to hover the slides everytime (except with multiple screens) but why not hidden controls after a certain time where the mouse has not been moved?

[paulrouget]

@hsablonniere I understand what you're saying, and I agree. Let me think about a better design.

[hsablonniere]

I just read an article containing an embedded youtube video. I think if you really want that hover stuff, we should go in that direction :

• Some kind of "see the presentation" button centered over the embeddder shell
• The button disappear when being clicked
• Controls and title only appear when hovering the slides

Once the button is being clicked, it could be the time to display briefly the left and right keyboard shortcuts...

[sleahcim]

One problem with hover in our increasingly mobile world is that hover is a usability issue for mobile devices.