Maybe we should not block the user input in the "intro mode"

[ilyabo]

It might be better for the user if we make it possible to interact with the vis already while the user looks through the guiding slides. So the input would not be blocked as it is now. But it would be possible to move the slide on the side, so it does not cover anything, and bring it back anytime.

This way it can be more engaging, because the user would starts to play with the visualization already in the first slide. And we would then need only one "Play" button. Now it's confusing with the many buttons.

What do you think?

[davidbauer]

Good point. It might be confusing, though, if the user has to click the play button while going through the intro. The point of the intro is to guide the user and highlight some of the most interesting parts of the story. It's good, if the user can seamlessly start interacting with the visualisation whenever he chooses, but the intro should work by simply clicking forward through the slides.