On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

There is more talk about facebook sucking/going under these days then I can remember about any web company and it seems everyday I come across a new technology that will only allow me to use it if I have fb. There are so many other options too. BrowserID?

So thre devs are too lazy to build their own auth sys, or too lazy to provide more than one federated auth sys and therefore they never get customers they could have had?

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#6

Post by webwanderings » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 5:54 PM UTC

That was one cool looking video!

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#7

Post by darklajid » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 5:55 PM UTC

I thought that stuff was well covered already, with the leader being Locale (iirc).

Did anyone try a couple of these and can provide a comparison? The article is light on details, the biggest difference that I noticed is the configuration via a website. Well, and the Facebook login downer.

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#8

Post by saary » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 5:56 PM UTC

dfxm12 wrote: post #3

Unfortunately, the app requires that you login with Facebook.

Facebook was chosen for the beta. What other authentication schemes would you expect?

(besides creating a dedicated account)

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#9

Post by saary » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 6:02 PM UTC

darklajid wrote: post #7

I thought that stuff was well covered already, with the leader being Locale (iirc). Did anyone try a couple of these and can provide a comparison? The article is light on details, the biggest difference that I noticed is the configuration via a website. Well, and the Facebook login downer.

The main difference is that you can write a JavaScript snippet that is pushed to your phone and executes.

The JavaScript can register on device triggers and you can control the logic to do whatever you like. You can code it to be very specific in contrast to other rule based platform which have to be broad to cover main scenarios.

You still have pre-coded recipes which you can choose and quickly configure and install, and one of the coolest things is that you can actual see the recipe's code and hack it to your own profit :)

Re: On{X}: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Android. Courtesy of… Microsoft Israel?

#10

Post by joelhaasnoot » Tue, Jun 05, 2012, 6:03 PM UTC

darklajid wrote: post #7

I thought that stuff was well covered already, with the leader being Locale (iirc). Did anyone try a couple of these and can provide a comparison? The article is light on details, the biggest difference that I noticed is the configuration via a website. Well, and the Facebook login downer.

Locale is no longer free though correct? I downloaded it in beta and tried some things but it was a little overwhelming, not sure if it has "simple" mastered.