Homeschool Spanish Lessons - Online Learning

As a web developer I’m always looking for better ways to do things. More often than not, I have to use a combination of applications to achieve something – like using Crazytalk for animated videos; then Swish Video to convert them to .swf. And now I’m facing the same problem with Powerpoint, which won’t natively output a .swf file. You have to install any one of a number of plugins in order to achieve that. Most didn’t work at all with 64 bit Vista and Office 2007, and a couple work ok with Office Beta 2010, but don’t seem to be exporting the imported swfs properly. ¡Caramba!

So I start thinking, “isn’t there an alternative to Powerpoint? Or Captivate? Or this plugin? At times like these I often turn to a cool new website I found called AlternativeTo.net. It appears to be a user built site, where people add suggestions and vote on software they like best – so there still may be a lot of apps out there that haven’t yet made it into the listings. But what a fantastic idea – I’ve already found some great alternatives to my regular lineup of apps through this site.