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From: Peter Köhlmann on 31 Mar 2010 06:07 Fa-groon wrote: > On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:19:06 -0700, Wes Groleau wrote > (in article <houm0a$qdf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > >> Mocassin joe wrote: >>> "Keynote on iPad is the most powerful presentation application ever >>> made . for a mobile device." (Ellipses added.) Without those last four >>> words, you would think Apple had never heard of Microsoft (MSFT) >>> PowerPoint. >> >> I don't know anything about Keynote, but there's GOT TO be something >> better than powerpoint out there! >> >> > > Yes there is and it IS Keynote. It's MUCH better than Powerpoint. Because a cargo cult member says so? The translation of your tripe reads as "Keynote is shitty beyond belief, but as it comes with OSX it is apple shite. Delicious" -- Windows: Because everyone needs a good laugh!
From: KDT on 31 Mar 2010 06:17 On Mar 30, 6:40 pm, "Mocassin joe" <joemocasa...(a)aol.com> wrote: > I am...........shocked! > > http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/30/what-ipads-gui... > > What iPad's guided tours don't tell you. > > But they are also peppered with the kind of hype and hyperbole that sets > critics' teeth on edge. In some cases, their claims step dangerously close > to the line. > > The one that bothered us the most is the description of the onscreen > keyboard in the Mail app tour: > > "It's nearly the same size as a notebook keyboard, so it's effortless to > type on . With this keyboard at your fingertips, typing is easy and > incredibly fast." > > We've tried the iPad's onscreen keyboard. Using it is neither easy, > effortless nor incredibly fast So have that used for it days or weeks to get proficient with it? > > With YouTube on iPad, all of your favorite videos are just a touch away." > Unless your favorite video is in Flash, in which case it's on another > device. And they specifically said "with YouTube". > > "For attachments like PDFs or Microsoft Office documents, just tap on them. > They open up so you can view them full screen." Sure, you can view the > documents. But can you edit them? > Yes you can with Pages/Numbers/KeyNote for the iPad.
From: Hadron on 31 Mar 2010 03:47 Fa-groon <fa-groon(a)mad.com> writes: > On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:19:06 -0700, Wes Groleau wrote > (in article <houm0a$qdf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > >> Mocassin joe wrote: >>> "Keynote on iPad is the most powerful presentation application ever made . >>> for a mobile device." (Ellipses added.) Without those last four words, you >>> would think Apple had never heard of Microsoft (MSFT) PowerPoint. >> >> I don't know anything about Keynote, but there's GOT TO be something >> better than powerpoint out there! >> >> > > Yes there is and it IS Keynote. It's MUCH better than Powerpoint. Problem is, > it's Mac only (although you can output a file from Keynote that a Windows > version of Powerpoint CAN read and "play"). Being Mac only doesn't bother we > who have chosen the correct platform, but the rest of you are gonna have to > stick with Microsoft's "vision" of presentation technology (or Open Office's > version of that "vision"). Beamer.
From: Hadron on 31 Mar 2010 07:08 Sandman <mr(a)sandman.net> writes: > In article <M5vsn.33510$EE6.16166(a)newsfe23.iad>, > "Mocassin joe" <joemocasanto(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> "Keynote on iPad is the most powerful presentation application ever made . >> for a mobile device." (Ellipses added.) Without those last four words, you >> would think Apple had never heard of Microsoft (MSFT) PowerPoint. > > Eh, MS powerpoint is by far the worst presentation application ever > made. Crayons on a rock would make a better presentation that > powerpoint. Of course there is nothing wrong with it and may good presentations made with it. Its still up to the user to actually compose a meaningful, well laid out and instructive presentation. I guess that moronic hate fuelled Windows programmer, Peter Koehlmann, will now claim it does NOT compose presentations - the user must do that ......
From: chrisv on 31 Mar 2010 08:25
Mocassin joe wrote: >I am........... *plonked* |