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I’m testing out Sliderocket, a new website for creating presentations online. I created the slideshow embedded in this blog in about 20 minutes. It’s important to point out that the site is currently beta, and the terms and use of the site maintain that it is free for now, but charges may apply to use the site in the future.
Things I like about Sliderocket:
· The templates animate in the background
· The design is slick – unlike anything I have seen from an online service
· Basic features available such as: changing the layout, adding transitions (cools ones, too), adding pictures, videos, quotes, charts, hyperlinks, etc.
· Publish to make it public to the world or keep it private
· Embeddable code that works with blogs, social networking sites, wikis, and websites (Embedded options allow you to password protect the show or take the “share” feature off.) BONUS POINTS
· Share the show by URL if you wish
· Photos within the site to use with your presentation, or search directly from Flickr’s creative commons
· Visual design of the site is slick and visually appealing
Things to improve on:
· I’m going to try this from another location, but I believe it is slow loading here on my blog compared to other videos and slideshows
· It has been slow logging on and Internet Explorer has frozen on me twice
· When the slides transition, the design is lost until the slide stops moving.
· Limited number of choices for design templates, although the ones they have are nice
· Takes some time to learn the tools
Overall, I’d like to keep my eye on Sliderocket. I’m sure they will continue to improve since they are still in the beta phase. Let me know what you think.
