If you had to explain to Martian who knew nothing about human computing technology why Apple is generally regarded as a cooler, hipper company than Microsoft, showing them the differences between Keynote and PowerPoint wouldn’t be the worst place to start. The templates aren’t as malleable as in PowerPoint or Keynote, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing if you don’t feel like taking a couple of hours out of your day to learn a new program. Its simple, elegant, minimalistic layout is the antithesis of Prezi’s visual overdrive. The program currently has 26 million registered users, at least a few dozen of whom have given popular TED talks.įor those who find Prezi’s zooms and pans distracting, Haiku Deck is the perfect alternative. (Perhaps a little too lively and cinematic: Some have complained that the zooming and panning causes motion sickness, a criticism that several Prezi presentations have addressed).īut reports of motion sickness didn’t turn people off the Bourne franchise, and they don’t seem to be turning people off Prezi either. The result is a presentation style that is far more lively and cinematic than what PowerPoint’s linear format is capable of delivering. PowerPoint’s most dynamic competitor uses zooms and pans to transition from slide to slide. New presentation programs are beginning to emerge, challenging PowerPoint’s two decades of dominance. As far as the general public is concerned, PowerPoint is the only game in town.īut like the climate that Gore described in his famous Keynote speech, the climate of presentation software is rapidly changing. People use the brand name as a synonym for “presentations” because they don’t know of any other brand names that could potentially fit the bill. According to one estimate, there are at least 350 PowerPoint presentations being made at any given moment. The reason for this is simple: Throughout its 26 years of existence, PowerPoint has held onto a 95% share of the presentation software market. We use it interchangeably with “presentation” regardless of whether or not the presentation in question actually uses Microsoft’s program. Like the brand names Windex, Xerox, and Kleenex, the word “PowerPoint” has become a regular noun in the English language. Gore’s presentation was done with Apple Keynote, not PowerPoint. Of course, as it turned out, the critics didn’t do their research. If someone with a reputation for being stiff and uncharismatic could use a program notorious for being dull and generic and produce something riveting with it, anything was possible. When the climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth was released in 2006, critics marveled at former vice president Al Gore’s ability to deliver a PowerPoint presentation that enormous crowds of people were willing to pay good money to see.
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