alt Hacker NewsI would call this a slide show not powerpoint mostly because making it work with the satanic office formats is a path to hell.
Hopefully simpler formats like this will become the norm and the old ones can die.
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stackghost • today at 5:48 PM
The term "powerpoint" has been genericized in the common vernacular to mean any electronic slide show, like kleenex for tissues and sellotape/scotch tape for transparent adhesive tape.
It might not have reached legal generic status but just about any working professional will understand what you mean if you refer to "making a powerpoint deck" even if you don't use the actual Microslop product.
You are right, but I guess a lot of people recognise PowerPoint as a brand. Maybe I can bill this as better-than-powerpoint!