# Slide Show (S9) v0.3 - A Free Web Alternative to PowerPoint and KeyNote in Ruby

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**Created:** [March 11, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slide-show-s9-v0-3-a-free-web-alternative-to-powerpoint-and-keynote-in-ruby/131531 "2008-03-11T01:07:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerald\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@gerald\_b](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gerald_b)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/slide-show-s9-v0-3-a-free-web-alternative-to-powerpoint-and-keynote-in-ruby/131531/1 "2008-03-11T01:07:28Z")

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Hello,

I’ve published an update to Slide Show (S9) - a Ruby gem that lets  
you create slide shows and author slides in plain text using a  
wiki-style markup language that’s easy-to-write and easy-to-read.

What’s new? You can now author your slides in Markdown.

You can find two samples online in Markdown:

o [http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/svn/samples/rest.text](http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/svn/samples/rest.text)  
o [http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/svn/samples/microformats.text](http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/svn/samples/microformats.text)

And the matching slide shows are online at:

o [http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/rest.html](http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/rest.html)  
o [http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/microformats.html](http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/microformats.html)

Note, Slide Show (S9) is now also compatible with the Opera Show  
Format and, thus, works with the Opera browser without requiring any  
plugins (it’s all built-in - just press F11 to get started and page  
up/down to flip through the slide show).

Finally, if anyone is interested in Microformats for slide shows  
(e.g. hSlide, hShow or similar) I invite you to join the conversation  
on the new microformats mailing list @  
[http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new](http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new) to work  
out a first draft.

Find out more about the Slide Show (S9) Ruby gem @  
[http://slideshow.rubyforge.org](http://slideshow.rubyforge.org)

Questions and comments welcome.

Cheers.