DUMB PRODUCT
Sandro Rayhansyah
SORRY FOR MY WORDS. THIS APP IS STUPID. DID YOU KNOW I TRY TO MAKE 45 SLIDES (AND JUST COPY-PASTE ALREADY CREATED CONTENT?), and IT TOOK MAYBE MORE THAN 2 HOURS ALREADY TO CREATE THE SLIDES? WHAT THE HELL AM I PAYING THIS FOR? NOT EVEN FINISHED TILL NOW. EMBARASSING PRODUCT THIS GAMMA.
Johnathan Lightfoot
I get the frustration, but 45 slides is a large deck to generate in one pass. Even if the content is already written, Gamma still has to structure, format, and design every slide.
Gamma already tends to work best in smaller chunks, so I would probably split it: generate the first 25 slides, then the remaining 20, and combine/refine from there. That usually gives the tool less to choke on and gives you more control over the final deck.
The fair product feedback is probably: Gamma should make this clearer and suggest batching large decks instead of letting people sit there wondering what is happening. But the product is not dumb just because a huge deck takes time.
Nik Payne (Gamma design)
Hey Sandro Rayhansyah, really sorry you had that experience. That sounds super frustrating, especially if you were just trying to copy paste existing content and move fast.
If you’re up for it, can you share 2 quick details so we can pass something actionable to the team?
1) Where is it getting slow for you: pasting content, generating slides, or editing/rearranging once they’re created?
2) Roughly what device + browser are you on (and does it happen on one doc or every time you try a big deck like ~45 slides)?