joed said:I use Keynote at work for our directors presentations - generally overseas.
Keynote 2 is good, but seems a bit too childish and limited in how far it goes.
Some of the major features I'd like include:
1. Mask to ANY shape (not just a standard square)
2. Styles, as in for text and also for slide settings and transition settings
3. Scale a group - seems so obvious!
i have others on my website if anyone is interested macwishlist
Oh, and we NEVER use Pages. Really seems like half an app.
Great list on your site, I hope you don't mind if I comment on a few here:
Scaling seems to be a real issue with Keynote, both with scaling multiple objects at one time and having fine control (%-wise) over the amount of scaling.
Some level of simple CoreImage integration would be nice, allowing for blur effects, color control of imported imagery, and a lot of other cool image effects. The color controls don't have to be as detailed as the iPhoto edit palette (though the transparency of the window would be nice).
One feature I miss from using Visio is the ability to do Boolean interactions. This means being able to cut a circle out of the middle of the square, add a triangle to the side of a square, etc. This is similar to the current mask option, but allows you to be far more creative, since you can use any image object you want as the mask. Still, the current mask is too limiting even for a mask option, so additional standard shapes should be added.
Adding all these features might also make it necessary for there to be two lines of toolbar icons. The floating palettes are nice, but there are a lot of basic controls I'd rather just have in the toolbar. Any effect with options (like transparency, shadow, etc.) needs to go in a palette, but things like the flip commands and the layer buttons belong in a toolbar. Also, it would be nice to be able to open multiple Inspector palettes, each open to a different set of controls. Oh, and all the palettes should be semi-transparent like the one in iPhoto.