CSS guru Eric Meyer has created a small-footprint XHTML template for slide shows that display in a web browser. It's called S5, and it's well worth checking out.
(Slashdot had a story about this last week, so it may sound familiar.)
I won't get into all the advantages and cool concepts involved, because Meyer himself has created an introductory S5 slideshow (appropriately enough) that does that! But the reasons I think InterVarsity might be interested in this are:
[1] IS or 2100 could provide IV-themed stylesheets, staff could write their own content
[2] It's open source, could enable liberation from PowerPoint for particular projects
[3] It's standards- and accessibility-compliant
[4] It makes content suitable for presentation or publication
...just for starters. I look forward to my first opportunity to use this software. Anyone who does, please comment here and provide a link to your show.
Posted by Jon on November 7, 2004 08:01 PM--skeptic mode on--
Yes, but it doesn't do fancy animations...like sliding in bullet points and making them bounce to a stop. Plus, 2100 is all about pushing the envelope when it comes to power point.... and they wouldn't be able to push the envelope on this technology because they don't have anyone who really understands scripting.
--sketpic mode off--
Wow, this is really cool. I missed it on Slashdot. Almost all of the speakers at the past four open source conferences I have been to use something like this. (Web based slides) Come to think of it, most of my CS professors in college did their presentations in html.