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Forget PowerPoint: 13 Online Presentation Apps

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5 pointsgerman8 comments

The problems with all online presentation apps is reliability.

When I go somewhere to do a presentation I have it on my laptop, on a USB stick and uploaded on the net somewhere. All professionals take similar care knowing that something will always not work right.

With online apps you rely on an Internet connection, and have no back-up plan.

It is simply too risky for professional use.

Just save the pages to a local webarchive file or make some pdf copies.

Unless you can save to .ppt it isn't good enough. I can't rely on there being a PDF reader on whatever computer I will use for my presentation. Besides a PDF reader won't allow me to show my slides in fullscreen resolution, which is definitely not good enough. PDF is made for paper, not for presentations.

Acrobat Reader actually can present in full screen, but, you're right -- it isn't good enough.

PDF loses much of the presentation itself -- builds, transitions, embedded media, etc.

Prezentit.com (our webapp) let you download your presentation as an HTML file so you just need a browser to present it.

I just checked out your app, and think it's pretty cool. You have some great features (text and images can be moved around, opacity, etc.) and the interface for creating new presentations is pretty slick.

I know that I'm being pedantic, but it is still not good enough. Having done quite a few presentations I know how important looks are. And even though your app lets me view my presentation in full screen it still doesn't fill out the entire screen real estate. This is a showstopper for me. And most likely will be for anyone using presentation software professionally.

Maybe you should consider a small app that will show HTML in fullscreen that users can download and use when presenting.

Thanks for the feedback mixmax, I know our app is not perfect, and we're thinking what to do to improve it.

Thanks again.

Germán

No worries, but as I said I'm probably a really demanding customer, and I think that overall your app looks really great. Besides nothing is ever perfect.

Just get it out there and go for it :-)

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