Comments on: Yahoo Pipes

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:06:02 +0000

Excellent idea, Paul. That will help those who can’t quite see what to do! If I ever get into the system (I often have Yahoo problems) I think I’m going to like this.

By: Paul M. Watson

Paul M. Watson — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:57:55 +0000

There are many pipes already and you can click a Clone button which copies a pipe into your library and lets you edit it as you wish. It is a good way of getting started.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:05:13 +0000

Thanks, Paul. Can’t wait to get in there and try it. From what I read, I didn’t think it was going to be for the faint of heart, but that’s not us, is it?

Let’s all start creating Pipes. I believe there are some already created so you can see what it’s like.

By: Paul M. Watson

Paul M. Watson — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:50:18 +0000

I’ve created a few pipes and it is interesting tech. It is still quite technical though. You don’t have to be a programmer (I am) but you need to understand logic patterns (loops, forks, blocks etc.) and I doubt my mom will start using it anytime soon.

It is cool though. I created a pipe that finds a series of Flickr photos based on the title of each item in my blog’s feed.

It is also a really good example of what kind of UI can be built in a browser. Pretty advanced and with no Flash or XUL, just good old CSS, HTML and JavaScript.