Today, while reading an entry on Alcides’ blog I found out about Slide Share. It allows you to upload your slide show presentations and then get them embed in your website or blog in a flash movie.
I tried it out and it is pretty nice and useful, nevertheless there are at least 2 points which need some improvement. It does not support the pptx file extension yet, and when it comes to presentations that use animations it doesn’t work that well. This service seems that just takes a picture of each slide and turn that set of pictures into a movie with previous/next buttons. So, if you intend to use this service to share your slides, don’t forget to cut off the animations, or you won’t be pleased with the result.
This service usage is pretty similar to YouTube. You upload your file and wait until the processing is done on the servers. Than you can share the presentation in social networks and other websites. It allows you to attach the original presentation file for download, if you want so.
Here’s an example.
