Microsoft already created (and abandoned) a IFTTT competitor in 2012: http://onx.ms
yeah, I still have it installed on my phone, it was a great tool, I can't believe MS abandoned it and now it's reinventing a less cool version of it :-(
Microsoft Flow
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Re: Microsoft Flow
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
They probably used FTP while developing [5] and a lot of online chatting [6]. [5] http://fivedetails.com/flow/ [6] https://www.getflow.com/apps/
To get it done, they would have used project management [7] whilst management decided on EDI integration suites. [8] 7. https://www.getflow.com 8. http://www.flowsoftware.com
Do you think they were a little bitter about Slack and probably used a competitor [9] instead?
Re: Microsoft Flow
#83It's not mentioned on the landing page, but Flow integrates with PowerApps [1]. The PowerApps console shows Flows [2], and PowerApps can trigger Flows [3].
[1] https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/
Re: Microsoft Flow
#84Re: Microsoft Flow
#85To me, this looks like their own implementation of the Azure Logic Apps product. ( https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/app... ). I don't believe this is intended to be a consumer level product at all. In that sense, it's not an IFTTT competitor. Given it's got implementation points to Sql Azure, Azure Blob storage, swagger, etc. this is likely meant as a product for devs to use to hook-up integra…
It sounds like they're going more for Zapier than IFTTT.
Re: Microsoft Flow
#86Good thing they picked up a unique name that won't collide with any other similar named projects.
They obviously did some type checking on the name[1]. I'm sure they Squared up the UI elements while they were developing it[2]. The moments before launch must have been pretty tense though[3]. I just hope this service supports file uploads[4]. 1. https://github.com/facebook/flow 2. https://github.com/square/flow 3. https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow 4. https://github.com/flowjs/flow.js
Re: Microsoft Flow
#87Microsoft always gives the vibe of a company that is desperate to salvage some pride from its glory days. It was once a giant, but now they're on the brink of redundancy, in terms of being viewed as "innovative". This opinion may be controversial to many, but it is what a lot of people are thinking. They experiment, which is phenomenal. But none of those experiments have been a major hit. Apple has flagship products…
When have they ever been considered innovative? Virtually every successful product has been either copied from or bought outright from another company. The only real exception I can think of is OneNote (which preceded EverNote by 5 years).
Who would you actually consider to be innovative then?
Re: Microsoft Flow
#88Just watched the "how it works" video and I'm less than impressed (can anything impress me these days?). "Why constantly check e-mail when you can get a text message when anyone important e-mails you..." Actually, I receive a push notification whenever I receive an email. I'd hate to receive SMS messages instead of e-mails. --- "Say someone tweets something about your company. Set up a flow that follows them, sends a…
Is it so difficult for you to imagine someone who doesn't have push notifications enabled? I don't like being alerted by emails, but that means I sometimes miss time-sensitive messages from my boss. I would actually like texts when my boss emails me, because that would be the only alert I get outside of normal SMS.
Re: Microsoft Flow
#89a new IFTTT competitor. more alternatives: * https://github.com/pjf/exobrain * https://github.com/cantino/huginn/ * https://github.com/bipio-server/bipio * https://github.com/ottawaruby/whenbot
The Fr8 Company is at http://www.fr8.co. They're going to make a bunch of their code available as open source shortly.
Re: Microsoft Flow
#90Just watched the "how it works" video and I'm less than impressed (can anything impress me these days?). "Why constantly check e-mail when you can get a text message when anyone important e-mails you..." Actually, I receive a push notification whenever I receive an email. I'd hate to receive SMS messages instead of e-mails. --- "Say someone tweets something about your company. Set up a flow that follows them, sends a…
It's a genre in itself. Upbeat, empty, disconnected, fake. Just like the copywriting and actors in Microsoft ads.
It's called "Forced Fun."