Actually our initial plan was to launch the web version and tablet version at the same time, but we decided to focus 100% on the iPad for the v1 launch, and use feedback (like this) to determine the next platform to expand to. We're a team of three so we're trying not to get spread too thin. :)
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To get a sense of what a typical deck looks like, here's a sample presentation that showcases some of my favorite quotes from the amazing @shit_hn_says twitter account: http://www.haikudeck.com/p/aP4taPvt7w/shit-hn-says
Would love to hear what you guys think.
Everything looks like very nicely laid out title cards that don't really hold much information. Does the actual app allow for more data if needed? I know we all hate bullet-pointed PowerPoint, but the inclusion of things like charts and graphs, quotes, paragraphs of text, etc are sometimes needed in real business presentations. If the app does allow for this sort of thing, then the video maybe should be updated to show some more variety. Otherwise, it might be something to think about for the next release.
Anyway, it looks great! Good work guys.
That being said, I think there are lots of opportunities in the future to help users add features like bullet points and charts, while still keeping it simple and guiding the users towards creating effective presentations.
There's either too much detail in the slides to keep them from being distracting from the actual talk or too little detail to make them useful as a standalone document.
I imagine the vast majority of presentations do include some presentations of numbers and charts.
I don't see anything on the landing page that talks about it - and maybe the answer is you haven't built that yet (MVP and all).
Just thought I would throw it out there.
It's best described as [Distillate of Keynote: iPad Edition]. The auto-license Creative Commons image siphoner is brilliant. It all looks good without effort. Theme swapping is effortless.
My criticisms as a nobody: the "doodle font" on the overlays showing you what does what is too jaunty and busy for me to read quickly. I had multiple sluggard-hangs on the Deck chooser (iPad 2, ios5) that left me with dead UI requiring a restart. And the first launch experience is just a little too busy to take in. Nothing fatal at all, but I don't feel in control when things are happening with every touch. It feels weird when I can manipulate the screen when the explanatory help overlay is on.
This is really good work, and it has succeeded in making Keynote look fussy. Thank you!
"Me too" on the multiple hangs requiring restart. Also seemed to have trouble making the help overlay go away: no tapping/swiping/pinching seemed to work; if it's timeout based it's too long.
- Crashes if I try to delete the two default presentations (unless I make one first) - Text in title and description boxes is always capitalized, and I need to hit shift on every keypress, very annoying.