If this then that

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Post by armandososa » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 5:46 PM UTC

If this then that
ifttt.com

Re: If this then that

#2

Post by ColinWright » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 7:20 PM UTC

Anyone interested in this may care to read the discussion from 3 months ago:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2604921

To be honest, I still have a hard time figuring out how, where or why I would ever use this. Maybe I'm just too old, too disconnected, or too stupid to understand what it's all about, but in short, I just don't.

I'd love a single, simple, concrete example of a relevant problem this solves.

Don't get me wrong, I have no doubt it's very cool and very clever. I just really don't get it.

Re: If this then that

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 7:32 PM UTC

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Re: If this then that

#4

Post by nc » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 7:33 PM UTC

Wow, love love love this idea. It's like Automator for the Mac for the web, but on steriods. Perfect for people using well known apps but for a specific repeatable purpose.

Re: If this then that

#5

Post by utexaspunk » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 7:55 PM UTC

Really cool idea, and nice site design except for one glaring thing- the size of everything! What the hell!? Is this designed for the legally blind? There isn't even an option in the settings to make things normal-sized... Fix it!

Re: If this then that

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Post by JayNeely » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 7:59 PM UTC

Well-explained service.

http://tarpipe.com/ is a similar tool that's been around for a while; I think the HN crowd will like the fine-grain detail of it more.

And it works with a much larger number of services.

Re: If this then that

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Post by wgx » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 8:02 PM UTC

I've been using this for about 6 months in beta and I really like it - I wrote a mini-review on my blog back in March: http://willgrant.org/if-this-then-that/

Re: If this then that

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Post by linden » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 8:02 PM UTC

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Thanks for the feedback, agree that the type may be a tad too big, going for something a little different. Will see what we can do about adding more Weather triggers, just scratching the surface!

Re: If this then that

#9

Post by linden » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 8:04 PM UTC

utexaspunk wrote: post #5

Really cool idea, and nice site design except for one glaring thing- the size of everything! What the hell!? Is this designed for the legally blind? There isn't even an option in the settings to make things normal-sized... Fix it!

Thanks for the feedback, will work on tightening the UI a bit and getting a bit more on the screen.

Re: If this then that

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Post by wgx » Wed, Sep 07, 2011, 8:06 PM UTC

linden wrote: post #8

[deleted] wrote: post #3

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Thanks for the feedback, agree that the type may be a tad too big, going for something a little different. Will see what we can do about adding more Weather triggers, just scratching the surface!

I actually really like the size of the UI - it's a site that will get used infrequently to set up and change settings, so it needs to be instantly obvious.

If you were to spend all day in it, yes it would drive me insane, but that's not the likely use.