I missed that when you select 'Actions' to add to a workflow it's actually just the 'suggested' list. Might improve the user experience to let the user know there are much more than what's in that list the first time they go add an action (or maybe that's in the tutorial--but the first thing I wanted to see was the full list to get a sense of what was possible).
Workflow for iOS
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Someone just down-voted me for reporting an experience. That's really encouraging and serves to create an environment conducive to discussions. If you happen to have the right opinion.
In business and in life, it's useful to have a meta process going in your head about the level of the conversation. You were probably down-voted because people feel that what they did dwarfs the color they chose for their background. You're kinda hating on something that doesn't matter. :)
Actually, tempodox is entitled to his/her opinion. Just because some people think it's a minor issue, doesn't mean you should downvote it.
IMO this is one of the main problems with HN.
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#53Apple delayed this app for almost two months, wonder what the developer had to remove to be accepted.
For all intents and purposes, we removed one thing: the Today View widget.
Lame! If/when you're able to add that back in, Workflow is going to become even more amazing! That would remove quite a bit of friction.
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#54Great functionality goes way beyond IFTTT. Question: why doesn't the list of apps in Open App action include all my apps? Really wanted to include my Harmony Logitech app.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wanted to create a workflow to turn on bluetooth and turn on personal hotspot (and vice versa), but couldn't make it do either step. I also want a 'weekend mode' workflow which shuts off banners and lock screen notifications for my work email (a poor man's Blackberry 'profile' feature), but I couldn't do that either. I'm sure I'll find uses for it but I haven't yet. It's undeniably clever and I'll keep playing, but…
So far the double app doesn't bother me (we'll see if it gets wearing ) - but staying in Workflow is clunky, so I finished my "Nighttime" workflow with opening safari. There's at least some chance I'll want to do that, and it's certainly better than staying in WorkFlow.
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#56Downloaded – and then tried to implement the three work workflows I use on my iPhone all the time. (That I can think of off the top of my head). It succeeded in two of the three cases and on the third it still reduces the number of clicks. 1). Choose a selection of photos (of the kid) and txt them to the grandmas. 2). Take a photo, then open Swarm so I can do a photo check-in without using Swarms photo panel. 3). Red…
I wanted to create a workflow to turn on bluetooth and turn on personal hotspot (and vice versa), but couldn't make it do either step. I also want a 'weekend mode' workflow which shuts off banners and lock screen notifications for my work email (a poor man's Blackberry 'profile' feature), but I couldn't do that either. I'm sure I'll find uses for it but I haven't yet. It's undeniably clever and I'll keep playing, but…
None of the things you mentioned are possible without jailbreaking, but I think workflow's creators are planning to bring extra features like those to it through a jailbroken plugin of some kind.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
I see that the app lets workflows create their own apps on the home screen. I wonder if this had something to do with it? My thought is that it's a web app with a scheme to open a specific workflow. I bet Apple didn't like that.
For informational purposes: The way it lets workflows create apps, is that it creates a data url, that it opens in safari, and l has you bookmark that URL to your home screen. When opened as one of those safari web apps, the javascript on the page auto clicks the only link in the page - one to a URL formated like this: workflow000000://x-callback-url/run-workflow?id=HEX, and bounces you into Workflow
What are the security implications of that? Does that mean that any web page can run a random workflow on your iPad, or are the hex strings so long that it is as good as impossible to guess one, or (way worse) is the hex string an encoding of the steps to run?
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
For informational purposes: The way it lets workflows create apps, is that it creates a data url, that it opens in safari, and l has you bookmark that URL to your home screen. When opened as one of those safari web apps, the javascript on the page auto clicks the only link in the page - one to a URL formated like this: workflow000000://x-callback-url/run-workflow?id=HEX, and bounces you into Workflow
What are the security implications of that? Does that mean that any web page can run a random workflow on your iPad, or are the hex strings so long that it is as good as impossible to guess one, or (way worse) is the hex string an encoding of the steps to run?
I don't have them in front of me right now but the hex is long. I have no clue if they encode something, but I remember thinking "UUID".
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#59Great functionality goes way beyond IFTTT. Question: why doesn't the list of apps in Open App action include all my apps? Really wanted to include my Harmony Logitech app.
Likely because they can only open apps that implement URL schemes.
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#60Would be awesome if beacons could trigger workflows :)
Very impressive app though. My first workflow was a Share Extension to print stuff to PDF and save it into iCloud Drive.