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> That’s not how typical users work, and I don’t think it’s how they want to work. That's true. But if people were routinely offered convenient ways to automat
by drpixie 4y ago
> That’s not how typical users work, and I don’t think it’s how they want to work.
That's true. But if people were routinely offered convenient ways to automate, build pipes, or whatever the technique, then perhaps normal people would learn and use it.
- nonrandomstring 4y agoI think "piping" was meant as a general metaphor for interoperability. We often hear regular folks say "why doesn't X just work with Y" EDIT: sorry I misposted this reply
- actionfromafar 4y agoAmiga had "AREXX ports" which meant you could script desktop software together in ways not possible even today, on any OS. It's not enough that there must exist technically, a possibility. The app vendors much themselves go to the trouble of adding such "scriptability" into their apps. Instead everything is very slick, but very siloed and nowadays tied to a cloud offering, which is great, but it's more often than not locked to that vendor.