Popfly, Microsoft;s latest Web mash-up development device the firm launched in alpha form on May perhaps 18, isn;t really like Yahoo Pipes. It;s more like Yahoo Pipes for mere mortals.To see what Popfly seems to be like, take a look at this collection of Microsoft Popfly screen shots.Popfly,
Office Enterprise 2007, the item earlier codenamed “Springfield,” is “for the class of people who don;t want to program — they want to create,” said Item Manager Dan Fernandez.“Yahoo Pipes is far more about using syndicated data. This (Popfly) is about making application advancement extra social,” Fernandez said.Popfly is designed to allow non-professional programmers and hobbyists to build mash-ups, gadgets, Internet sites and applications using pre-built “blocks.” As of now,
Windows 7 Home Premium, there are 40 of these Web-programming blocks from which they can choose,
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, including Flickr, Windows Live Spaces, Virtual Earth and news service blocks. (Additional are coming from Microsoft and third parties,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, Fernandez said.) Popfly users can tie together these data-source,
Office 2007 Keygen, transformation and display blocks to create their own customized mash-ups.Popfly is more than a visual mash-up designer, however. It also includes the Office Online Web-page building device that is part of Office Live for individuals who prefer to build full Internet pages.Popfly mash-ups, pages and apps are all stored in the Windows Live Storage cloud. Users can use Ajax, HTML or Microsoft Silverlight (Microsoft;s Flash alternative) to display their creations. (Popfly was built in Silverlight.)Microsoft has begun distributing a few Popfly alpha invitations and plans to allow the initial group of testers to distribute additional invitations virally. Microsoft plans to make Popfly available for free; some third-party building blocks may perhaps require a subscription fee. Some blocks will be restricted to non-commercial use only, the corporation said.Currently, the firm is not sharing a timetable for when it plans to make the Popfly code publicly available as a beta or final release.