Looks like an evernote input to WinJS output
Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
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Re: Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
#102Some comments here express some head scratching on what exactly Sway is. I only saw the demo video like everyone else so I don't claim to know definitively but here's my take on where Sway fits. It looks like we're in a general upward trend of richer interactive documents created by average users . Some observations of the zeitgiest that look unrelated on the surface but nevertheless, seems to point towards a common…
I'm personally looking into iPython - it seems like a useful tool for interactive presentations.
For example: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/plotly/python-user-guide/...
Re: Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
#103At first I was like "this just looks like a fancy reveal.js ()," but as the video played it begin to look like a fleshed out mag+(http://vimeo.com/8217311) which is damn damn cool from Microsoft. If you can do this with html, imagine the text books you could author. Imagine uprooting that industry with $50 tablets that can offer rich experiences like this
Re: Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
#104I disagree with the comments complaining that the "Sways we love" are just a bunch of sliding jQuery animations and therefore unimpressive.
Say what you will about whether or not it's a good idea to promote the longevity of the "scroll and things happen when you scroll" user interface trend, somehow making it possible to build those interfaces with user-friendly tools is impressive.
Think about it like this: Powerpoint is easy and widely used because it involves placing objects on a static, bounded, rectangular space, kind of like a piece of paper.
On the other hand, coming up with some way to drag and drop a user interface element that I can only refer to as "that thing where there is a big image that fits the screen, and when you scroll it to to the top of the screen it stops, and then it fades out, and then the next section of text scrolls over the big image, and then when you scroll to the bottom of the text the image starts scrolling off the screen again", and then really making building that kind of interface element understandable in some kind of editor interface, would be pretty incredible.
Re: Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
#105I disagree with the comments complaining that the "Sways we love" are just a bunch of sliding jQuery animations and therefore unimpressive. Say what you will about whether or not it's a good idea to promote the longevity of the "scroll and things happen when you scroll" user interface trend, somehow making it possible to build those interfaces with user-friendly tools is impressive. Think about it like this: Powerpoi…
Although, as a follow-through on the "say what you will" comment above, the Mt. Rainier one where scrolling vertically makes it scroll sideways is an abomination.
Re: Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
#106Impressive for a number of reasons, many of which relate to the presentation/promotion of a Microsoft product: - Not a single Microsoft reference in the entire landing page - Broad use of Apple iPhone and iPad devices alongside normal PCs with no special acknowledgement - Product focus on readability/usability across many platforms, OS/device-independent - Broad integration of sharing hooks across Google, Twitter, FB…
Try to imagine the same ad from Apple. With Surface Pro 3 and Nokia Lumia. Not
Which makes sense - Microsoft wants to sell applications and services - regardless of the device you own. Apple wants to sell devices, regardless of the application you use.
Ironically, Microsoft/Apple have developed into potentially very strong partners. If Microsoft starts to move away from being a hardware company, they will be a great fit.
Re: Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
#107I still hold the opinion that good typography and simple layout beats semi-interactive animated pages made up of static content (ie: graphs with real time update).
People always say that good typography beats everything but I have yet to see anyone explain typography more than the "use serifs for this and use sans serifs for that".
Re: Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's wrong with it? It irritates the consumer by making you feel like you are being played with. It really turned me off.
I agree, shouldn't a new service (especially one from Microsoft) be able to get traction without asking people to use another social network to help publicize itself?
The need for marketing does not go away when you become as big as Microsoft and what larger marketing platform is there in todays world than social media. I'm confused by the number of folks on HN who are confused by the use of social media for marketing.
Re: Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
#109Some comments here express some head scratching on what exactly Sway is. I only saw the demo video like everyone else so I don't claim to know definitively but here's my take on where Sway fits. It looks like we're in a general upward trend of richer interactive documents created by average users . Some observations of the zeitgiest that look unrelated on the surface but nevertheless, seems to point towards a common…
I'm personally looking into iPython - it seems like a useful tool for interactive presentations. For example: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/plotly/python-user-guide/...
Interestingly, Microsoft recently invested in IPython development: http://ipython.org/microsoft-donation-2013.html
Re: Sway: A new presentation application from Microsoft
#110Looks like OneNote met PowerPoint and had a baby.
A baby who grew up, is now 17, fit and dropping acid that is. Boring OneNote / Powerpoint seem far removed from this although the basics 'make documents and presentations' are there indeed...