Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Presentation Next Win8 app

Presentation Next is a free Windows 8 app that uses HTML 5 to create presentations. Its radial menu is unusual, intriguing, logical, easy-to-use, colorful, and very functional, especially for touch screens. It works well with a desktop computer and a mouse too.

Each "slice" of the radial menu that has an arrowhead pointing outward has a sub-menu in the same radial style. A back-arrow in the middle of a radial menu is a "go back" pick. Clicking on the app icon in the middle of the main radial menu exits the menu.

Images below show the progression in selecting a color for and using a drawing pen.

 
App features include:
  • ClipArt and images
  • Text and table tools
  • Multiple types of chart options
  • Interactive data visualization widgets
While the Presentation Next app is more basic than Microsoft PowerPoint, it seems well-suited for less complex presentations and is fun to use. Could radial menus become more common, especially  for touch devices?

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