Popular presentation sharing web site SlideShare has abandoned flash and shifted entirely to HTML5–you can now view SlideShare on any app that has an HTML5 compliant web browser.
SlideShare first came on the scene in 2007 and, until this week, was Flash-based. The company moved away from Flash to avoid the pitfalls of developing apps for multiple platforms. In an interview with ZDnet, SlideShare CTO Jonathan Boutelle offers an insight into the movie:
“From the publisher side, if you play the app game it fragments engineering effort. You need an iPhone app, an Android app, maybe a BlackBerry app and when Windows Phone 7 gets traction you’ll need that too,” said Boutelle. “It splinters the developer resources in a negative way.”
And once you’re on the app-go-round it’s hard to get off. “The continuing pain is pretty severe,” said Boutelle.
In addition. Boutelle noted that there was a friction between sharing a presentation link and actually clicking on it under the app model. Users would have to download an app and install it. “That first engagement is a lot of work.”
Hit up the link below to try out SlideShare (they have a SlideShare HTML 5 presentation embedded right in their homepage) and if you like what you see, sign up for a free account to get your presentations online.
SlideShare [via ZDnet]
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Popular presentation sharing web site SlideShare has abandoned flash and shifted entirely to HTML5–you can now view SlideShare on any app that has an HTML5 compliant web browser.