Apple is listening - Upcoming features for iWorks

Lo and behold !

That's mighty good news ! Let's see how much of this will tip the scale back again to a workable solution. I still hate the need to flip continuously between the two most important panels Format and Animation, and the latter really needs to offer a more economic interface with clearer timing indications. But we'll see...

Sounds promising.

I wonder if the IOS and iCloud variants will be upgraded to support the smart builds and transitions that were dropped.

It would definitely help me in my day-to-day job, not having to haul my Macbook to all my meetings.