Google: View Slideshows - Feed The Geeks

cheater · #1 (**permalink**) 06-12-2007, 10:46 PM

For a while now, Google has allowed you to view Powerpoint slideshows sent to your gmail account as an html document. Today, they have added a new option for powerpoint presentations. You can now view them as a slideshow. They achieve this by using AJAX. When viewing the presentation, all animations/transitions are stripped from it. However, slide backgrounds and other images are displayed.

The next step is for them to allow you to create slideshows using Google Docs. But I have a feeling that that will take a little longer.

As a side note, Google also increased the max attachment size to 20mb. This should be more than enough to accommodate your powerpoint presentations.

Robert · #2 (**permalink**) 06-12-2007, 11:23 PM

Thats sounds very cool.

Google are giving office a good run for their money. I don't use Gmail much, but the more I hear about it, the more i think i should.

cheater · #3 (**permalink**) 06-13-2007, 12:56 AM

Well, I hate the gmail interface. However, all the features they offer were too much for me to pass up. As a result, I use thunderbird to read my gmail account, and only use the gmail interface when I'm away from my computer or want to try out some new features.

macuser9214 · #4 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cheater

Well, I hate the gmail interface. However, all the features they offer were too much for me to pass up. As a result, I use thunderbird to read my gmail account, and only use the gmail interface when I'm away from my computer or want to try out some new features.

How could you say that? lol

I love gmail.

cheater · #5 (**permalink**) 07-09-2007, 02:14 AM

I never said I hated gmail. I said I wasn't fond of the interface. I like everything else about it. Thats why I chose to use it