I just saw Thumbstacks.com over on TechCrunch and it’s a very neat little application. It’s a web based powerpoint creator and has a pretty solid (if basic) user interface. One of the things I found most interesting was that they created two versions of Thumbstacks, a Flash version and an AJAX version. If it detects the Flash Player, it sends you to the Flash version, otherwise you get the AJAX version. I haven’t figured out how to manually switch to the AJAX version so I can’t say anything about it but the Flash version is very intuitive and seems to be a great start. The product is still in Alpha but it looks very promising.

In the comments of the TechCrunch post one of the co-founders responds to someone about why he would create two versions:

Tom: we didn?t really create anything twice. If available, flash is used to do things like scale images, which browsers tend to be pretty bad at. Our aim is to be widely compatible, so there?s no flash requirement; but if you have it, we use it to tweak the experience.

Signup is free and it appears to be open to anyone. I’m going to see if I can get an interview with a developer, so if you have any questions about the app, leave them in the comments. They also have a presentation if you want to check it out before signing up.

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