Comments on: Yahoo Pipes lets you “rewire the web” http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/yahoo-pipes-lets-you-rewire-the-web/ Where TV Finds the Future Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:25:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tripp Fenderson http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/yahoo-pipes-lets-you-rewire-the-web/#comment-763157 Tripp Fenderson Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:19:14 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/yahoo-pipes-lets-you-rewire-the-web/#comment-763157 @anon, mike Seriously? I've found Pipes to be one of the most simple and elegant tools the Yahoo! devs have released to date. It makes data mashups so efficient (this coming from a non-programmer). Pipe in the data, do a bit of plumbing to format it, and pipe it back out to the customer. I'm happy. My site members are happy. Brilliant. @anon, mike

Seriously? I’ve found Pipes to be one of the most simple and elegant tools the Yahoo! devs have released to date. It makes data mashups so efficient (this coming from a non-programmer).

Pipe in the data, do a bit of plumbing to format it, and pipe it back out to the customer.

I’m happy. My site members are happy.

Brilliant.

]]> By: oakling http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/yahoo-pipes-lets-you-rewire-the-web/#comment-762161 oakling Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:53:59 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/yahoo-pipes-lets-you-rewire-the-web/#comment-762161 Aw! I was proud of Yahoo for coming up with something innovative like Google does, before I read the comments here - but coming up with new things and making it impossible to get through the ad clutter or over the learning curve is so very Yahoo. Aw! I was proud of Yahoo for coming up with something innovative like Google does, before I read the comments here - but coming up with new things and making it impossible to get through the ad clutter or over the learning curve is so very Yahoo.

]]> By: Mike http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/yahoo-pipes-lets-you-rewire-the-web/#comment-761941 Mike Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:05:04 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/yahoo-pipes-lets-you-rewire-the-web/#comment-761941 Same story here. It looks like it can be so useful and valuable but I was totally confused then and now. It sounds like it's dumbed down auto-programming for real programmers, but it's still way too confusing and not user friendly for the average person (and even those with moderate IT experience like myself). If I had some good ideas to make something out of Pipes for my station I'd feel comfortable relying on Pipes but I'd pay a techie teenager twenty bucks to create what I want for me. It'll take him 5 minutes but save me 8 hours of learning curve. Same story here. It looks like it can be so useful and valuable but I was totally confused then and now. It sounds like it’s dumbed down auto-programming for real programmers, but it’s still way too confusing and not user friendly for the average person (and even those with moderate IT experience like myself). If I had some good ideas to make something out of Pipes for my station I’d feel comfortable relying on Pipes but I’d pay a techie teenager twenty bucks to create what I want for me. It’ll take him 5 minutes but save me 8 hours of learning curve.

]]> By: Anon http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/yahoo-pipes-lets-you-rewire-the-web/#comment-761775 Anon Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:09:34 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/yahoo-pipes-lets-you-rewire-the-web/#comment-761775 I tried to use it when it came out, and boy is it confusing and difficult to use. I won't waste my time trying it again. I tried to use it when it came out, and boy is it confusing and difficult to use. I won’t waste my time trying it again.

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