Thanks, I understand your point, and I sincerely don't want it to become a thread of infinite disagreement. But text slides can be helpful. I often use just te

Thanks, I understand your point, and I sincerely don't want it to become a thread of infinite disagreement. But text slides can be helpful. I often use just text. I rarely use images (no kittens or meme picures, images are good only if they really illustrate what you're saying). My slides are just text, lists and short code blocks. (for the company meetings I use whiteboard instead of slides more and more often. I illustrate what I speak about in real time and keep people's attention. And I illustrate only when I see people don't follow my words). People are good creatures, but we are so easily distracted. If someone missed what I just said and I have text slides - he may look at a slide and get the idea. Also, people are bad a multitasking. If you are saying one thing and slide describes something additional or even different - people will lose their focus. If your audience could close their eyes and not fell asleep - they would be able to get 100% of what you are telling them. But they keep their eyes open. Their eyes focus on you, or their neighbors in the audience, on their phone screens or watches etc. It distracts. Having large, short, clear slides keeps their focus on what you're saying. So right, it all depends on the audience, how they are interested in your presentation topic and how well you perform on the stage.