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interesting. one of the reason I think this does not get used is because PDF as a document format got firmly entrenched as the go to format for 1. printable do
by albert_e 3y ago
interesting.
one of the reason I think this does not get used is because PDF as a document format got firmly entrenched as the go to format for 1. printable documents, books, slides, or strictly static content whose layout on every page is firmly frozen and 2. fillable PDF forms where user interaction is strictly limited to blank predefined fields and maybe 3. comments / annotations / signatures on existing docs
PDF is typically not used for actually "presenting" content in the form of slides to an audience where the presenter has to control how the information is revealed. Partly because PDF readers including Adobe Reader never had a good UX to support this use case.
Also given the cost/prevalance disparity between editing tools for PPT and PDF ... a layman would not be able to edit or create a PDF presentation (with animations) anyway. The critical mass was never achieved to make this a thing.