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Loading...It’s happening again. Self-proclaimed soothsayers are predicting the beginning of the end of Microsoft PowerPoint. Frankly, we have lost count of how many times this has happened before. To give due credit, I quite like S5, the new set of simple standards that is built on XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Yes, S5 is the new competition.
So, what’s different this time? And how is S5 better? Frankly, S5 still leaves many questions unanswered and for anyone who has seen the look and polish of PowerPoint 2007, it really is premature to compare S5 with PowerPoint.
But let us not discount S5. It has its advantages. About disadvantages, it’s not too easy to create S5 presentations for ordinary folks although some people might tell you that S5 is so easy; all you need to do is edit simple XHTML files!
Yes, S5 has its advantages. For simple presentations, S5 has a much better output than PowerPoint’s own HTML output that is bloated and slow over not-so-fast internet connections. So, what if someone created a S5 output add-in for PowerPoint? That would be the best use of both technologies!
Here are some links to get you started with S5:
- A Basic Primer in Using S5
- S5easy.com — create easy slideshows/presentations online
- Presentacular adds script.aculo.us visual effects to slide shows created with S5
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