I work in Powerpointing and even Prezi is just too obscure for most of our clients. Nobody wants to learn a new tool or download anything just because the new tool has a few silly layout improvements. But if you don't need others to work with it, it probably doesn't really matter.
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#62Emacs org-mode w/Beamer or reveal.js export.
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#63just created an awesome repo for presentation libraries as there doesn't seem to be one yet: https://github.com/Dowwie/awesome-presentation-libs
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#64No one has mentioned LibreOffice?
Specifically, LibreOffice Impress [0] is the presentation application.
The other big open-source office suite is Calligra. Although not as popular as LibreOffice, it is still actively developed. Its presentation application is Stage [1].
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
The portability and co-working capabilities just can't really be matched easily, as far as i know. It's really a great tool
The fact that it is cloud-based and therefore requires an Internet connection means it is the opposite of "portable" for me. When I go to client meetings and have to deliver a presentation, I can't assume I will be connected to the Internet. That's why I use PowerPoint.
I usually export/download Google Slides as a PDF to avoid any issues during important meetings
This avoids any issues with software not loading / messing up (powerpoint) too.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
The portability and co-working capabilities just can't really be matched easily, as far as i know. It's really a great tool
The fact that it is cloud-based and therefore requires an Internet connection means it is the opposite of "portable" for me. When I go to client meetings and have to deliver a presentation, I can't assume I will be connected to the Internet. That's why I use PowerPoint.
In the browser != Requires connection.
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#67Deckset is awesome. Markdown is easy to write and Deckset can export to PDF. It’s my choice nowadays
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#68As others have said in this thread, reveal.js is good. I've used it via slides.com where I put an overview presentation about my xtopdf Python toolkit for PDF generation from other formats:
http://slides.com/vasudevram/xtopdf
S5 by Eric Meyer is good too - web-based, uses HTML, CSS and JavaScript:
https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/
Online S5 intro / demo using S5 itself:
https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/s5-intro.html
Edit:
Sorry, missed seeing your requirements for the tool, not sure if S5 has them, but leaving my comment up since I think S5 is interesting and definitely a presentation tool.
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#69https://slides.com/
Is a commercial SaaS GUI for reveal.js: http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/#/
I’m a paying customer, and find it useful. Where possible, I create slides using standard open source reveal.js (or often some markdown format that compiles to it) but sometimes I’ll want to do something that’s easier with a GUI, or just run out of time/interest for design-from-the-command-line.
It’s easy to export decks to HTML, and the auto-generated code is pretty clean and sane, as these things go.
Additionally, the CEO of the company is the maintainer of reveal.js, so buying the product saustains his work in the open source library. You can also write to him with bugs and requests, he’s keen to listen and responsive. Thanks, Hakim!
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#70https://slides.com/ Is a commercial SaaS GUI for reveal.js: http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/#/ I’m a paying customer, and find it useful. Where possible, I create slides using standard open source reveal.js (or often some markdown format that compiles to it) but sometimes I’ll want to do something that’s easier with a GUI, or just run out of time/interest for design-from-the-command-line . It’s easy to export decks to…
I'm a huge fan of reveal.js. Everytime I've used it, people ask what I used to make the slides.