# HTML Slides with notes

5 Hacker News commenters recommended HTML Slides with notes and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommenders praise its simple, easy practical use and how its outputs explain the tool itself. Critics most often point to confusing keyboard navigation.

## What people warn about

- Confusing j and k navigation keys (1 comments): "it was very disorienting to use `j` to move forward and `k` to move backward" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45843882))
- Does not degrade gracefully (1 comments): "It doesn’t even degrade gracefully." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45847236))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bento HTML presentation tool](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bento.md): 68 recommend
- [Microsoft PowerPoint](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-powerpoint.md): 42 recommend
- [Apple Keynote](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-keynote.md): 27 recommend
- [reveal.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/reveal-js.md): 11 recommend
- [Immersa](https://hackerapproved.com/p/immersa.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "HTML Slides with notes", https://hackerapproved.com/p/html-slides-with-notes/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).