Keynote -or - Office killer part 1

buonrottobuonrotto
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Keynote is an interesting application no one quite expected. My observations in no particular order:



1. This isn't exactly an AppleWorks replacement, not yet. It's already priced outside of that market. I'm curious if they pull some Keynote Express type of apps out, or if they do in fact update AW.



2. This is the next step in the Office killer software they're making. Obviously, it's mainly nicer eye candy and has better media handling (to the end user) than PowerPoint. Tries to be as compatible as possible with major presentation apps like Acrobat and PP, which is a very appealing part of the product.



3. Rather than creating a swidd army knife, they're creating hypothetical scenarios for using the app and fulfilling that role.



4. Interesting that the'y ve included some spreadsheet and charting capability in Keynote. This is the start of the Excel killer. I wonder if it's a private framework, or something that will eventually turn into another app altogether.
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  • Reply 1 of 40
    screedscreed Posts: 1,077member
    Keynote is the dark horse of the Apple apps. It aims squarely at corporate users of Powerpoint but Steve (with RDF set to 11) made it seem so elegently populist. True that this could be very powerful for teachers and students, but the sheer number of presentations are in a business setting.



    Cheeky Apple.



    Screed
  • Reply 2 of 40
    kedakeda Posts: 722member
    BuonRotto, I'm right with you!! I was watching the keynote and when his Steveness said ppt compatible, it clicked.



    Why have we 'needed' M$? Office and IE. Well all my IE-only sites are working fine in Safari so far and Keynote, the app, takes a big step into M$ turf.



    I'm not saying M$ isn't important, but I'd like to see them become a major SW developer instead of the lifeline for Apple.



    I'm very excited to see what the next few months bring.
  • Reply 3 of 40
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    What will the Word replacement be called?



    Guesses?
  • Reply 4 of 40
    sledgehammersledgehammer Posts: 505member
    I like how Steve praised Office, and put in a nice word about M$ and then proceeded to rip IE apart, and then introduce a piece of software that could neatly kick powerpoint's ass. It made me smile
  • Reply 5 of 40
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    I was wondering why Apple would trademark "keynote." Now it makes sense. I wonder what other strange ?'s they've got.



    edit: hmm, why did my tm come in as a ?? It looked right in the text field. Let's see: ? yup. That's right. Text entry bug in Safari, perhaps?



    [ 01-07-2003: Message edited by: torifile ]



    edit 2: Weird. It became a ? again.



    [ 01-07-2003: Message edited by: torifile ]</p>
  • Reply 6 of 40
    nebrienebrie Posts: 483member
    [quote]Originally posted by torifile:

    <strong>I was wondering why Apple would trademark "keynote." Now it makes sense. I wonder what other strange ?'s they've got.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Anyone want to take a swing at Junkyard?
  • Reply 7 of 40
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    [quote]Originally posted by Nebrie:

    <strong>



    Anyone want to take a swing at Junkyard?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    That'll be their Access killer. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 8 of 40
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Hm, in the same vein, maybe Report or something. OK, not so great. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />



    I want to know how they will kill Excel! They have the start of a spreadsheet in Keynote now, will they hide it behind curtains like this forever, or will they be upfront about it? Will they tie it into some sort of accounting function, or will they find some other rationale to bring it to market?
  • Reply 9 of 40
    nebcon65nebcon65 Posts: 47member
    I really think all together that Keynote made Power Point look like a toy just as Dreamweaver made Front Page look like a toy. If this is an indication of what we can expect from a new Appleworks or perhaps individual office type apps from Apple in the future, then I guess I'll be selling my copy of Office X.
  • Reply 10 of 40
    mount_my_floppymount_my_floppy Posts: 913member
    The opacity looked soooo nice. If you combine all the iapps you have PS-elements.. There is almost no reason to buy another piece of software again just.. iApps.
  • Reply 11 of 40
    jeffyboyjeffyboy Posts: 1,055member
    [quote]What will the Word replacement be called?



    Guesses?<hr></blockquote>



    "Document" would work so well, if it hadn't become the description for all types of work- "Word document" etc.



    I suppose if they wanted to get really cocky and cut ties to M$ they could have 2 versions: iWord and PowerWord.



    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    Jeff
  • Reply 12 of 40
    rokrok Posts: 3,519member
    [quote]Originally posted by JLL:

    <strong>What will the Word replacement be called?



    Guesses?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    "Author"



    and $99 is a perfect price, provided the app is worth it. i think everyone thought that if it's good enough for the megalo-maniacal steve jobs, then, hell, it's GOTTA be worth US$99.
  • Reply 13 of 40
    deestardeestar Posts: 105member
    [quote]Originally posted by JLL:

    <strong>What will the Word replacement be called?



    Guesses?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    "PressRelease"



    Because its an app designed for the press release department at apple. It could also have some simple page layout features and a native file type that is pdf compatable.
  • Reply 14 of 40
    haraldharald Posts: 2,152member
    [quote]Originally posted by deestar:

    <strong>



    "PressRelease"



    Because its an app designed for the press release department at apple. It could also have some simple page layout features and a native file type that is pdf compatable. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    I think you mean RDF compatible.
  • Reply 15 of 40
    deestardeestar Posts: 105member
    [quote]Originally posted by Harald:

    <strong>



    I think you mean RDF compatible.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Pdf is a much better format, and is built into OS X.
  • Reply 16 of 40
    hobbeshobbes Posts: 1,252member
    [quote]Originally posted by deestar:

    <strong>Pdf is a much better format, and is built into OS X.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I believe RDF is built into OS X as well.
  • Reply 17 of 40
    deestardeestar Posts: 105member
    [quote]Originally posted by Hobbes:

    <strong>



    I believe RDF is built into OS X as well.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Fair enough.



    What is RDF any way, is it a cross platform format?



    [ 01-08-2003: Message edited by: deestar ]</p>
  • Reply 18 of 40
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    RDF = Reality Distortion Field; what S. Jobs exudes when he wants to be persuasive. He can alter people's views of reality to make them see his "vision." It's an old joke from Apple of the 1980's. But I don't think they can bottle it, let alone compile it.
  • Reply 19 of 40
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Report.



    or what is it you americans call written exams?
  • Reply 20 of 40
    spiffsterspiffster Posts: 327member
    [quote]Originally posted by JLL:

    <strong>What will the Word replacement be called?



    Guesses?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Sentences. (hey to quote apple "more is more")
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