Issuu, a free web service that converts PDF presentations into good looking Flip magazines, just got better.
They have added a new web based PDF viewer that renders slides as regular images instead of Flash - this is useful as people can then view your PowerPoint decks on mobile phones or inside web browsers that don’t have the Flash plugin.
The menu bar of Issuu PDF reader is inspired by Adobe Reader.
You will also find a new "presentation mode" in Issuu with full screen support that’s again done extremely well - earlier you could only view presentations as Flip magazines.
Here’s an example of Presentation View and the same PDF but inside Image mode (aka the Paper view).
Other than providing a visually stunning web viewer, Issuu also lets you customize the background color so that the viewer blends just right with the color scheme of your website.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/issuu-pdf-viewer-beautiful-presentations/4104/
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org
Reader Comments
Thanks for picking up on this, Amit. I’m happy you see the benefits of an online reader that works without Flash. The ‘Paper’ viewer is made with the Ajax framework and actually it shows pages as swf - which will be replaced by bitmaps if there’s no Flash installed. It works on iPhone and iTouch. I’ve posted a bit more about it on my blog here.
Written by Martin on 08.05.08
Amit,
This is extremely useful. May be I can use this both for my project and personal write-ups. Thanks for sharing !!
BTW, I’m hooked to your blogs and find some of them very useful. Good job buddy !
Written by Manish Bharani on 08.05.08
This looks cool and sophisticated.
Looks like as if i am flipping through a well polished, highly glossy product catalog.
I see gr8 uses by architects, interior designers, fashion designers to email these rather than sending glossy cosmo style paper mags. These would make amazing presentations. I am using a 19 inch LCD monitor and it looks grand. This is a winner product for multimedia people.
v impressive !
Good find Amit.
Written by Amit Kulkarni on 08.05.08