Oh yes. This. I mean, if I'm looking at a presentation on some topic, I could't care less about what the author used as a tool, as long as it works properly.

Oh yes. This. I mean, if I'm looking at a presentation on some topic, I could't care less about what the author used as a tool, as long as it works properly. But what some people inflict on others with their "designed" slides is just beyond cruel. And honestly: If there are people that can present complex algorithms on a black and white slideset - and there are astoundingly good presentations that do this! - you can keep it simple, too. No reason to use ugly pixelated (and stolen!) ClipArt, ugly background images that clash with the foreground etc. Yuck.