[PLUG] WYDIWYS presentation tool
Keith Lofstrom
keithl at kl-ic.com
Wed Jun 17 23:32:09 UTC 2009
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 08:15:15AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> If you're not wedded to a BUI and can work with a .pdf file, look at the
I looked at PDF. I want to include animations that will play on
any platform (Linux/BSD/Mac/Win), with a wireless remote. I
want hierarchical navigation, and open content creation from any
application (including a C program) that can generate images.
Just about any displayable image can be turned into a PNG, while
PDF only has limited inputs and outputs. A BUI does everything
I want, plus or minus some bugs. The PDF format is much more
limited, and there are few programs that create or display it.
There are a whole lot of other things that Just Work by using
pre-rendered images. The browser already has 98% of the display
ability I need, WYDIWYS only adds a few missing pieces to do a
"next generation" presentation tool. It took less time to write
the alpha version than I wasted fighting OOo Impress on my
previous presentation. The crazy thing is how much I can do
with it, given how little code I had to write. More than half
of the code is related to hierarchical navigation that I can
operate with a three button RF/USB clicker,
I hope to present WYDIWYS at the July Advanced Topics.
Keith
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