Difference between revisions of "Competitor Analysis"
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| Same as its Windows counterpart | | Same as its Windows counterpart | ||
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− | * Double click to edit | + | * Double click (or two consecutive clicks) to edit |
* Click anywhere on the frame and drag to move it; not moveable when editing text | * Click anywhere on the frame and drag to move it; not moveable when editing text | ||
* Live preview | * Live preview | ||
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The "Metrics" tab in iWork and the "Image adjustments" palette are wonderfully simple and straightforward while retaining a number of features. The best transparency feature seems to be in the planned Office 14 [http://www.beingmanan.com/wp/2009/05/office-2010-new-features/], where one can specify by drawing green lines over the places the selection should include and red ones over the places it shouldn't, as it is pretty precise, yet easy to use. | The "Metrics" tab in iWork and the "Image adjustments" palette are wonderfully simple and straightforward while retaining a number of features. The best transparency feature seems to be in the planned Office 14 [http://www.beingmanan.com/wp/2009/05/office-2010-new-features/], where one can specify by drawing green lines over the places the selection should include and red ones over the places it shouldn't, as it is pretty precise, yet easy to use. | ||
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| '''Compatibility checks''' | | '''Compatibility checks''' | ||
| Coming soon... | | Coming soon... | ||
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* No compatibility warnings, it seems. | * No compatibility warnings, it seems. | ||
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| '''Slide show''' | | '''Slide show''' | ||
| Coming soon... | | Coming soon... | ||
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** The URL of the presentation | ** The URL of the presentation | ||
** A "View together" button, which provides a URL for presenting it online and a chat window for chatting with the audience | ** A "View together" button, which provides a URL for presenting it online and a chat window for chatting with the audience | ||
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| '''Collaboration''' | | '''Collaboration''' | ||
| Coming soon... | | Coming soon... | ||
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* People can be invited to be edited or viewers | * People can be invited to be edited or viewers | ||
* A publish/embed option is available, along with the classic e-mail option | * A publish/embed option is available, along with the classic e-mail option | ||
− | * Chat available in slide show, but not during editing, | + | * Chat available in slide show, but not during editing |
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+ | | '''Tables''' | ||
+ | | Coming soon... | ||
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+ | Inserted through: | ||
+ | * A toolbar button, which provides the "table insertion grid" | ||
+ | * Insert>Table..., which asks for the number of rows and columns | ||
+ | * A "table styles" tab in the gallery, which also asks for the number | ||
+ | Selected, moved, and resized with: | ||
+ | * The table border becomes fat and glass-like when the user clicks within the table | ||
+ | * This border can then be used to resize and move the table | ||
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+ | Inserted through: | ||
+ | * Insert > Table | ||
+ | * A toolbar button | ||
+ | * Both of these insert a 3-by-3 table and trigger the "Table" tab under Inspector, which allows the user to edit various information, such as the number of rows and columns | ||
+ | Selected, moved, and resized with: | ||
+ | * Just like text boxes under Keynote, one click selects the whole table and allows it to be moved (by clicking anywhere within the table and dragging) and resized, two consecutive clicks allow the table to be edited | ||
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+ | In Numbers: | ||
+ | * Clicking inside the table allows its contents to be edited and shows the table "headers" (A, B, C, D..., 1, 2, 3, 4, ...), along with a handle in the corner (to move the table with), and a "dragger" at the ends (left, bottom, and the left-bottom corner) that add cells | ||
+ | * When the aforementioned corner handle is clicked, the classic resize squares are shown | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | No obvious way to insert a table. Cells in tables in uploaded documents are changed to text boxes. | ||
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− | More to come. Or, if anybody wants to add these topics, go ahead: Installation, updating | + | More to come. Or, if anybody wants to add these topics, go ahead: Installation, updating, Help, adding/removing slides, audio/video (setting audio to start/stop on slides, embedding and playing back a video), and downloading and working with language tools (grammar/spell checking). You can also add screenshots (be aware of copyright issues [http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/default.mspx#E3C] [http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/copyright.html], as Apple is particularly known for suing people who post unauthorized screenshots), other presentation applications, comments, links, and other things that could be useful. And feel free to correct me if I'm doing this wrong. |
Revision as of 08:44, 27 June 2009
MS PowerPoint 2007 | MS Powerpoint 2008 (Mac) | Apple Keynote '09 | Google Docs (as of June 2009) | |
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Default UI overview
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Thoughts |
I'd say the ribbon is the best quick-access interface of the pack, as it provides one central place to browse through, provides the most common options right up front (except for the Insert options), but it does suffer a bit from illogical organization and lack of flexibility (no customizability or vertical interface). The inspector palettes in iWork and Mac:Office are good contenders for a useable vertical interface, but both have their share of disadvantages. For example, the fact that they are floating means that they can hide portions of the document. The MS Toolbox is overstuffed with features, as the tools that iWork spreads out nicely in the Inspector are crammed into one tab in the MS Toolbox. Both also suffer from unclear tab icons. | |||
Scrolling | Scrolls through slides, but doesn't show two slides at once | Behaves like its Windows counterpart | Scrolls within the slide only | No scrolling by default (the zoom changes as the window is resized), but, with zoom, one can scroll the slide only |
Thoughts |
None of these behaviors is ideal or consistent with other applications in the suite (no option allows two slides to be shown at once) for no good reason, but the MS PowerPoint behavior is preferrable over the others. | |||
Dragging/editing textboxes |
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Same as its Windows counterpart |
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Thoughts |
Moving items in Keynote is a pleasure, due to the reasons listed above and the fact that the user doesn't have to struggle to select the textbox (it's one click anywhere on the textbox, as, unlike its competitors, double-clicking is required to edit it). This is definitely something OOo should take note of. | |||
Lists |
Coming soon... (although it's probably the same as the Mac counterpart) |
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Thoughts |
None of these behaviors seem to be completely logical or expected. Google Docs at least maintains consistency across its suite's applications, but uses the strange behavior of enter, where, instead of giving new blank lines each time, as it does with non-bulleted indented lists, the indent is decreased. Anyway, instead of repeating the same info over and over again, let me just say what I think we should have, based on logic:
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Customization |
Coming soon... |
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Paste Special | A floating, contextual drop-down button, which presents three choices: "Keep Source Formatting," "Use Destination Theme," and "Keep Text Only" | Same as its Windows counterpart. | Split into two Edit options: "Paste" and "Paste and match style". | No paste special |
Image manipulation | Coming soon... |
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* Unrestricted positioning (but no live preview)
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Thoughts |
The "Metrics" tab in iWork and the "Image adjustments" palette are wonderfully simple and straightforward while retaining a number of features. The best transparency feature seems to be in the planned Office 14 [5], where one can specify by drawing green lines over the places the selection should include and red ones over the places it shouldn't, as it is pretty precise, yet easy to use. | |||
Compatibility checks | Coming soon... |
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Slide show | Coming soon... |
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Collaboration | Coming soon... |
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Tables | Coming soon... |
Inserted through:
Selected, moved, and resized with:
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Inserted through:
Selected, moved, and resized with:
In Numbers:
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No obvious way to insert a table. Cells in tables in uploaded documents are changed to text boxes. |
More to come. Or, if anybody wants to add these topics, go ahead: Installation, updating, Help, adding/removing slides, audio/video (setting audio to start/stop on slides, embedding and playing back a video), and downloading and working with language tools (grammar/spell checking). You can also add screenshots (be aware of copyright issues [6] [7], as Apple is particularly known for suing people who post unauthorized screenshots), other presentation applications, comments, links, and other things that could be useful. And feel free to correct me if I'm doing this wrong.