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Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by toyg » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 2:49 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #29

They have more integrations than are showing on the home page, but the only way to see the full list is to sign up. I uploaded some screen shots showing the available services/integrations: http://imgur.com/a/NR7Af

Dev A: "So, what other integrations should we add?"

Dev B: "What about Skype? It's one of our products."

Dev A: "I don't care, I only use Slack. Screw our users, right?"

Dev B: "What about Skype for Business? People actually pay for that."

Dev A: "Nah, Wunderlist is much more important. Much."

Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by toyg » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 2:52 PM UTC

jhwhite wrote: post #31

Why would I use Flow over IFTTT?

Because it will (or rather should) better tie into MS properties like Sharepoint, Office365, Azure and so on, which lots of people already use for work.

This said, they completely ignored Skype, so...

Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by tootie » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 2:56 PM UTC

pella wrote: post #3

a 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

Wasn't this called Yahoo Pipes in 2008?

Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by mlvljr » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 3:00 PM UTC

Misread ad "Miscrosoft Flaw".

Then read the comments :)

Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by stonedge » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 3:01 PM UTC

To 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 integrations.

Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by CamatHN » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 3:16 PM UTC

justsaysmthng wrote: post #37

Just 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…

You might be right in the certain situations but this is an open tool with a wide array of possible uses for people. Such a pessimistic approach doesn't allow for any exploration when think about its potential uses.

Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by NetStrikeForce » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 3:18 PM UTC

skocznymroczny wrote: post #32

Good thing they picked up a unique name that won't collide with any other similar named projects.

Yeah, because (Apple) Pages or (Google) Docs or (Apple|Google|Yahoo) Mail or (Google) Cloud are unique names. You could argue all these add their brand in front of the name, like this case exactly.

:-)

Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by jszymborski » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 3:22 PM UTC

Would love to see an IFTT.com integration :P

Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by kenrick95 » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 3:24 PM UTC

AnkhMorporkian wrote: post #34

skocznymroczny wrote: post #32

Good 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

This too https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Flow

Re: Microsoft Flow

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Post by chris_wot » Sat, Apr 30, 2016, 3:27 PM UTC

justsaysmthng wrote: post #37

Just 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…

...who composes all these identical tech ad songs ?

Microsoft Songsmith. [1]

1. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/song...