I have a problem with seekbar in SL3. It is not visible in landscape mode on mobile devices. When I change to portrait seekbar appears. It works properly on desktops. Is there a solution? I am attaching two screenshots of the same course.
When your tablet or smartphone is in landscape mode, the responsive player moves to the right side of the screen. As the slide plays, you’ll see a circular indicator travelling around the play/pause button. You can’t scrub back and forth along the seekbar in landscape mode, but the circular indicator lets you see how much time has elapsed and how much remains.
Htanks Alyssa. Sure, I have figured it out, that's right but... in
landscape mode you cannot move back and forth watching the video and
that's the functionality that I expected not to dissapear when you use
mobile device. Circular indocator looks nice but that all about it. I
wonder...how many people use courses designed in horizontal layout
holding the device in portrait position or how many designers produce or
design courses that are expected to be used in portrait mode. I have
been using SL2, SL3 and must I dare to say that mobile player in SL3 is
not perfect. I hope that soon the seekbar will have full functionality
in landscape mode.
Thanks Marcin for the candid feedback. I know our team is always keen to hear about how we can design better, useful tools for you - so I can certainly pass it along. Our product team does love hearing new ideas-- you can also always share yours with us right here. 😁
I agree with Marcin. I think it's really strange that there's no way to scrub when in landscape mode, especially since videos are almost always going to work best in landscape mode. It seems like a major oversight that it doesn't work this way. Adding instructions to turn to portrait mode to scrub is going to make for some pretty clumsy UI.
I completely agree with Marcin that the way the seekbar is designed not to show up in landscape mode doesn't really make for a good user experience. I agree that most mobile elearning developers are probably going to design in landscape mode. Also, if you're using video, you're much more likely to shoot in a landscape rather than portrait orientation.
I appreciate the insight you've shared, Kristen and Yonca. We're tracking this request, and I've added your thoughts to our report. If this gets added to Storyline in the future, we'll let you know!
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Hi Marcin,
When your tablet or smartphone is in landscape mode, the responsive player moves to the right side of the screen. As the slide plays, you’ll see a circular indicator travelling around the play/pause button. You can’t scrub back and forth along the seekbar in landscape mode, but the circular indicator lets you see how much time has elapsed and how much remains.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Htanks Alyssa. Sure, I have figured it out, that's right but... in
landscape mode you cannot move back and forth watching the video and
that's the functionality that I expected not to dissapear when you use
mobile device. Circular indocator looks nice but that all about it. I
wonder...how many people use courses designed in horizontal layout
holding the device in portrait position or how many designers produce or
design courses that are expected to be used in portrait mode. I have
been using SL2, SL3 and must I dare to say that mobile player in SL3 is
not perfect. I hope that soon the seekbar will have full functionality
in landscape mode.
Cheers
Marcin
Thanks Marcin for the candid feedback. I know our team is always keen to hear about how we can design better, useful tools for you - so I can certainly pass it along. Our product team does love hearing new ideas-- you can also always share yours with us right here. 😁
I agree with Marcin. I think it's really strange that there's no way to scrub when in landscape mode, especially since videos are almost always going to work best in landscape mode. It seems like a major oversight that it doesn't work this way. Adding instructions to turn to portrait mode to scrub is going to make for some pretty clumsy UI.
Hi,
I completely agree with Marcin that the way the seekbar is designed not to show up in landscape mode doesn't really make for a good user experience. I agree that most mobile elearning developers are probably going to design in landscape mode. Also, if you're using video, you're much more likely to shoot in a landscape rather than portrait orientation.
I appreciate the insight you've shared, Kristen and Yonca. We're tracking this request, and I've added your thoughts to our report. If this gets added to Storyline in the future, we'll let you know!
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