The only presentation tool you will ever need.
September 13, 2012 10:20 PM Subscribe
Burma-shave?
posted by Talez at 10:43 PM on September 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Talez at 10:43 PM on September 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
Doesn't work in opera
Thanks for nothing
java sucks
posted by Cyclopsis Raptor at 10:57 PM on September 13, 2012
Thanks for nothing
java sucks
posted by Cyclopsis Raptor at 10:57 PM on September 13, 2012
Pure nonsense.
Which is to say, a suitable replacement for many presentations.
posted by mazola at 11:08 PM on September 13, 2012
Which is to say, a suitable replacement for many presentations.
posted by mazola at 11:08 PM on September 13, 2012
Yep, that about sums up all the powerpoints we had to do in junior high and high school.
posted by book 'em dano at 11:09 PM on September 13, 2012
posted by book 'em dano at 11:09 PM on September 13, 2012
Well, that was unexpected!
Something something posted to the brown?
posted by zippy at 11:30 PM on September 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
Something something posted to the brown?
posted by zippy at 11:30 PM on September 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
Your browser doesn't support the features required by impress.js, so you are presented with a simplified version of this presentation. For the best experience please use the latest Chrome, Safari or Firefox browser.
So it's like the marquee tag and blink tag all over again?
What is impress.js? It's a presentation framework based on the power of CSS3 transforms and transitions in modern browsers and inspired by the idea behind prezi.com.
In laymans terms, yes.
posted by rh at 11:51 PM on September 13, 2012
So it's like the marquee tag and blink tag all over again?
What is impress.js? It's a presentation framework based on the power of CSS3 transforms and transitions in modern browsers and inspired by the idea behind prezi.com.
In laymans terms, yes.
posted by rh at 11:51 PM on September 13, 2012
Whenever I see the word "hooray", I expect it to be crossed out. I blame Pokey.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 11:55 PM on September 13, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 11:55 PM on September 13, 2012 [2 favorites]
On my monitor, all but the tiniest left-hand sliver of the resulting presentation appears off-screen to the right, with no scroll bar to let me get to it. Almost more frustrating than it would be if the thing was totally broken :(
posted by lollusc at 12:02 AM on September 14, 2012
posted by lollusc at 12:02 AM on September 14, 2012
Or, you know, I just didn't read the bit where it says "Press right/left to navigate the presentation". GAH.
posted by lollusc at 12:04 AM on September 14, 2012
posted by lollusc at 12:04 AM on September 14, 2012
You have to press right-arrow to move to the next slide. (Took me a bit to find that also.)
posted by hattifattener at 12:05 AM on September 14, 2012
posted by hattifattener at 12:05 AM on September 14, 2012
I noted this quote:
"It's a presentation framework based on the power of CSS3 transforms and transitions in modern browsers"
The power, the extraordinary power of transforms and transitions. All the fuel, the energy, the commitment, the passion, transformed by the auto generated slideshows of the future.
My browsers:
IE10
Firefox Beta
- Does not work
Maybe, to consume these powers of transformation and transition I should install a "modern", rather than "future" browser?
posted by niccolo at 1:30 AM on September 14, 2012 [2 favorites]
"It's a presentation framework based on the power of CSS3 transforms and transitions in modern browsers"
The power, the extraordinary power of transforms and transitions. All the fuel, the energy, the commitment, the passion, transformed by the auto generated slideshows of the future.
My browsers:
IE10
Firefox Beta
- Does not work
Maybe, to consume these powers of transformation and transition I should install a "modern", rather than "future" browser?
posted by niccolo at 1:30 AM on September 14, 2012 [2 favorites]
Why do people write stuff in that style that's all terse lowercase and linebreaks? Do they think it makes them look cool or something?
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 2:36 AM on September 14, 2012
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 2:36 AM on September 14, 2012
I made this one, which was so good that I was like MAGIC!. So I called over the mrs and we put in stuff that she could actually make a work presentation about. What it handed back was less and less apropriate as the presentation went on, culminating in a picture of a child groping a womans naked ass-cheek. Take that one to work there, hon.
posted by Iteki at 3:38 AM on September 14, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Iteki at 3:38 AM on September 14, 2012 [2 favorites]
Probably best if you don't have one slide consist of the words "oh, ok" when playing around with this. At least at work. Not the first image I would have expected.
posted by jklaiho at 4:22 AM on September 14, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by jklaiho at 4:22 AM on September 14, 2012 [3 favorites]
As a friend of mine pointed out a while back, "A deck of slides is not a presentation. You are the presentation."
A good presenter uses a slide deck to provide visual punctuation, explain things graphically (without having to draw them from scratch), and summarize key points. Everything else about the presentation should come from the presenter.
That said, with the right topic, I see no reason why this "joke" shouldn't actually work just fine as the backdrop in the hands of a skilled presenter.
posted by kcds at 4:24 AM on September 14, 2012 [4 favorites]
A good presenter uses a slide deck to provide visual punctuation, explain things graphically (without having to draw them from scratch), and summarize key points. Everything else about the presentation should come from the presenter.
That said, with the right topic, I see no reason why this "joke" shouldn't actually work just fine as the backdrop in the hands of a skilled presenter.
posted by kcds at 4:24 AM on September 14, 2012 [4 favorites]
It figured out where I'm going tonight in slide 3.
posted by headnsouth at 4:44 AM on September 14, 2012
posted by headnsouth at 4:44 AM on September 14, 2012
Well, I fed it the old MeFi chestnut This is just to say, and slide 5 ("the icebox") was just a big picture of Becky O'Shea in "Little Giants."
Which is to say, this is now my homepage.
posted by Mayor West at 5:16 AM on September 14, 2012
Which is to say, this is now my homepage.
posted by Mayor West at 5:16 AM on September 14, 2012
No work on iPad
Unable to click submit
Tension is palpable
Move on
posted by blue_beetle at 5:23 AM on September 14, 2012 [2 favorites]
Unable to click submit
Tension is palpable
Move on
posted by blue_beetle at 5:23 AM on September 14, 2012 [2 favorites]
> Why do people write stuff in that style that's all terse lowercase and linebreaks? Do they think it makes them look cool or something?
capitalization, much like capitalism, is oppressive, classist and must be broken down through revolution
posted by GenericUser at 5:59 AM on September 14, 2012 [1 favorite]
capitalization, much like capitalism, is oppressive, classist and must be broken down through revolution
posted by GenericUser at 5:59 AM on September 14, 2012 [1 favorite]
I'd probably find this funnier if I weren't about to wade through the creation of an hour-long seminar on supply chains in structural framing systems and allied non-structural products.
Yeah.
Gonna be awesome.
posted by aramaic at 6:01 AM on September 14, 2012
Yeah.
Gonna be awesome.
posted by aramaic at 6:01 AM on September 14, 2012
I made something once that took text from Project Gutenberg books, mashed them up with a Markov chain generator, and then "illustrated" the resulting text with flickr searches on less common words. The results were often surprisingly good. Best was to mix books, like Pride and Prejudice with Crime and Punishment (a new hit: Pride and Punishment, illustrated by The Internet)...
Directed semi-randomness is great.
posted by whatnotever at 6:05 AM on September 14, 2012 [1 favorite]
Directed semi-randomness is great.
posted by whatnotever at 6:05 AM on September 14, 2012 [1 favorite]
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It has to be a joke, unless I'm overlooking the options for comic sans and star wipes
posted by clearly at 10:35 PM on September 13, 2012