Deckset
Creative
presentation software
SHOW HN2014
35points
29comments
#887of 2,272 in 2014
Top 40%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
5 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Design: 3 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Generated slides look very good
From 2 comments
This seems to be quite nice. The generated slides look very good. For everyone looking for a html based alternative: slideshow (or S9) [1] is a ruby tool that also lets you…
davidroetzel on HNLove it. I've been making my presentations in InDesign for a while now, and exporting to PDF, and while the end result always looks great, I end up spending an inordinate amount…
stdbrouw on HN
Themes are high quality
From 1 comment
Love it. I've been making my presentations in InDesign for a while now, and exporting to PDF, and while the end result always looks great, I end up spending an inordinate amount…
stdbrouw on HN
Objections
Users want a trial version before paying $20
From 3 comments
Looks interesting. I certainly wouldn't buy before trying though. I'd strongly suggest a crippled version that lets people platy with it - disable saving, or watermark or ... you…
Angostura on HNI won't pay $20 without trying it first, otherwise it's like throwing money out of the window… Is there any plan for a downloadable trial version?
tbassetto on HNThis looks absolutely great. I, however, would like to chime in for a downloadable test version, just to see the workflow of how to actually build a presentation.
radiospiel on HN
Limited functionality and options
From 1 comment
I did. Not wholly impressed. Needs way more options regarding the presentation.
karmajunkie on HN
Requests
Downloadable or demo trial version
From 3 comments
This looks absolutely great. I, however, would like to chime in for a downloadable test version, just to see the workflow of how to actually build a presentation.
radiospiel on HNI won't pay $20 without trying it first, otherwise it's like throwing money out of the window… Is there any plan for a downloadable trial version?
tbassetto on HNNo. But you couldput a demo/crippled version on your Web site for people to evaluate.
Angostura on HN
Animations support
From 1 comment
This is very impressive. One speculative question (because the Markdown would be mind-bogging for most of your users, but) do you plan on including animations? I know those have…
bertil on HN
Linux or other platform version
From 1 comment
There are so many ways to create an App without making it Mac dependent. Why did you choose that way? It's something I'm looking for but I'm like 99% on Ubuntu and 1% on Windows…
erikb on HN
PPT export
From 1 comment
I have a lot of hesitation about plopping down $20 without being able to try it first (which is why I generally dislike buying apps on Mac App Store). Too many unanswered…
king_magic on HN
Questions
How automatic layout handles photos and text size
From 1 comment
Love it. I've been making my presentations in InDesign for a while now, and exporting to PDF, and while the end result always looks great, I end up spending an inordinate amount…
stdbrouw on HN
Whether the app will continue long term
From 1 comment
I have a lot of hesitation about plopping down $20 without being able to try it first (which is why I generally dislike buying apps on Mac App Store). Too many unanswered…
king_magic on HN
Alternatives named
Reveal.js
From 1 comment
Reveal.js (https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js) also supports writing your slides in Markdown. I've used it for the last 3 or 4 presentations I've given and it has worked out…
drmohundro on HN
Slideshow (S9)
From 1 comment
This seems to be quite nice. The generated slides look very good. For everyone looking for a html based alternative: slideshow (or S9) [1] is a ruby tool that also lets you…
davidroetzel on HN
Remark.js
From 1 comment
Somewhat relevant: http://remarkjs.com/
trumbitta2 on HN
Slidify
From 1 comment
The same thing exists for the R programming language in Slidify [0]. I found Slidify + Google's io2012 framework an efficient way to generate good-looking presentations [1] so I…
jebus989 on HN
Gistdeck
From 1 comment
Saw this and instantly thought presentations from a gist might be cool. Looks like someone already has an implimentation: https://github.com/nzoschke/gistdeck
jtokoph on HN
Pandoc via UberWriter
From 1 comment
It's not exactly the same, but UberWriter (disclaimer: I made it) is capable of Markdown -> Slideshow export, too. More specifically, it's a functionality provided by pandoc.
droelf on HN