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I installed the app, and part of the welcome tutorial was that they seemed excited about how you couldn't go backwards "so take your time". They advocate using it for "storytelling": it seems like an irritating medium for a semi-scientific slide deck.

It's in their About page (https://readtapestry.com/about#) too:

> It's simple: tap to move forward in a story. There’s no going back, so take your time—that’s the whole point!

Not allowing the viewer to know how many slides there are and navigate between them is a terrible, terrible idea.

I think Mike Bostok's Stack is worth a mention: http://mbostock.github.io/stack/#0

Yeah, the most annoying thing ever. Didn't they ever attend a real presentation where people actually asked questions about things that were shown on past slides?

Or, accidentally click too many times, skipping a slide?

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