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Google Presently coming soon?
Could Google be developing a PowerPoint and Keynote killer? Looks like it might be in testing mode from the code that both the Google Operating System blog, and TechCrunch have reported on. It's a perfect choice for Google to add to its "non-office" suite of products. The code name appears to be Presently, and could have possibly been in the works by Writely before it was purchased by Google. We can only guess what it would look like today. Simple navigation, basic structures, the ability to store, share, and collaborate presentations online with friends. Maybe one day Google will come out and just say they are developing a Microsoft Office killer. Other current players in the online presentation market include Slideshare, Prezzo, Zoho Show, Empressr, and Thumbstacks.
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Eli Sommerset said 7:04PM on 2-05-2007
Just because Google may be developing a slideshow net-app doesn't mean it's going to be a Powerpoint or Keynote "killer."
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Arc|Angel said 9:08PM on 2-05-2007
They'll have to build a stand alone presentation display system. I present for a living and I have only had net access to show a powerpoint maybe once or twice. If I have powerpoint to display it why use something else to create it?
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cavalierex said 10:18PM on 2-05-2007
Seeing how the Google docs/spreadsheets/(slideshows) enterprise is best suited to online collaboration of relatively simple documents, my guess is not that Presently will be a PowerPoint-like application... but rather that it will be more like an online whiteboard/workbook for simple presentations that foster discussion and intellectual exchange by way of note-taking or editing/revision.
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OldCat said 1:43AM on 2-06-2007
looking forward to it... it may or may not be a 'killer' but it should be doing some good which powerpoint doesn't. what exactly that 'good' is, let's see.
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keeves said 8:33AM on 2-06-2007
The problem i seen with Power Points on the Internet is that generally you have to download them to your computer to be able to view them. Although anyone can legally install the powerpoint viewer free from Microsoft, not everyone knows about this or has a similar viewer installed. If google was to host Power Point presentations, that site owners could link to, allowing access for them to be viewed over the Internet without needing to actually download the presenation, then they could be onto a winner.
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