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Microsoft Popfly
Type of site	Rich web application editor
Available in	English
Owner	Microsoft Corporation
Created by	Microsoft Corporation
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Through Windows Live ID
Launched	May 18, 2007
Current status	Discontinued

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Microsoft Popfly (internally codenamed Springfield^[1]) was a Website that allowed users to create web pages, program snippets, and mashups using the Microsoft Silverlight rich web applications runtime and the set of online tools provided. It was discontinued on August 24, 2009.

Tools

The Popfly included four tools based on Silverlight technology, which are described as follows.

Game Creator

The Game Creator was a tool that allowed you to create your own game or extend a game already built. It could be exported to Facebook, or be used as a Windows Live Gadget.

Mashup Creator

The Mashup Creator was a tool that let users fit together pre-built blocks in order to mash together different web services and visualization tools. For example, a user could join together photo and map blocks in order to get a geotagged map of pictures on a topic of their choice. An advanced view for blocks allowed users to modify the code of the block in JavaScript, as well as giving users flexibility in designing the programs. Additional HTML code could also be added to the mashups. A feature similar to IntelliSense, with autocompletion of HTML code, was available as well.

The Mashup Creator also provided a preview function, with live preview in the background as users link blocks. Tutorials were available, and error notices were given to users when incompatible data was sent between blocks.

Web Creator

The Web Creator was a tool for creating Web pages. The user interface layout was similar to the ribbon user interface for Office 2007. Web pages were created without HTML coding, and could be customized by choosing predefined themes, styles, and color schemes. Users could embed their shared mashups in the Web page. Completed Web pages could also be saved in each user's Popfly space.

Popfly Space

Completed mashups and Web pages were stored on Popfly Space (100 MB maximum per user), where users also received a customizable profile page and other social networking features. Public projects could be shared, rated, or "ripped" by other users. Popfly allowed users to download mashups as gadgets for Windows Sidebar or embed them into Windows Live Spaces, with some support for other blog service providers. ^{[citation needed]}

Another feature of Popfly Space was the Popfly Explorer plug-in for Visual Studio Express. Users could utilize Visual Studio Express (Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions or higher required) to download the mashups and modify the coding, as well as perform actions such as uploading, sharing, ripping, and rating the mashups.

Shutdown

On July 16, 2009, the Popfly team announced that the Popfly service would be discontinued on August 24, 2009.

All sites, references, and resources of popfly were taken down, and this product is considered defunct.^[2]

External links

Review of Popfly (PC Magazine)
Adam Nathan and John Montgomery: Popfly - Now Open to the General Public and New Features Announced from creators Adam Nathan and John Montgomery

References

^ ZDNet report
^ Popfly Team^{[dead link‍]}

[1] ZDNet report

[2] Popfly Team^{[dead link‍]}

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+| logo             = Microsoft Popfly Beta.png
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-| type = [[Rich Internet Application]] editor
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-| language = [[English language|English]]
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-'''Microsoft Popfly''' (internally codenamed ''Springfield''<ref>[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=452 ZDNet report]</ref>) was a Web site that allowed users to create [[web page]]s, program snippets, and [[Mashup (web application hybrid)|mashup]]s using the [[Microsoft Silverlight]] [[rich internet applications]] runtime and the set of online tools provided. It was discontinued on August 24, 2009.
+'''Microsoft Popfly''' (internally codenamed ''Springfield''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070520055237/http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=452 ZDNet report]</ref>) was a Website that allowed users to create [[web page]]s, program snippets, and [[Mashup (web application hybrid)|mashup]]s using the [[Microsoft Silverlight]] [[rich web applications]] runtime and the set of online tools provided. It was discontinued on August 24, 2009.
 ==Tools==
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 ===Game Creator===
+The Game Creator was a tool that allowed you to create your own game or extend a game already built. It could be exported to [[Facebook]], or be used as a Windows Live Gadget.
 ===Mashup Creator===
 The Mashup Creator was a tool that let users fit together pre-built blocks in order to mash together different web services and visualization tools. For example, a user could join together photo and map blocks in order to get a geotagged map of pictures on a topic of their choice. An advanced view for blocks allowed users to modify the code of the block in [[JavaScript]], as well as giving users flexibility in designing the programs. Additional [[HTML]] code could also be added to the mashups. A feature similar to [[IntelliSense]], with [[autocompletion]] of HTML code, was available as well.
 The Mashup Creator also provided a preview function, with live preview in the background as users link blocks. Tutorials were available, and error notices were given to users when incompatible data was sent between blocks.
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 ===Popfly Space===
 [[File:Popfly Mashup.png|thumb|left|Popfly Mashup creator]]
-Completed mashups and Web pages were stored on Popfly Space (100MB maximum per user), where users also received a customizable profile page and other social networking features. Public projects could be shared, rated, or "ripped" by other users. Popfly allowed users to download mashups as gadgets for [[Windows Sidebar]] or embed them into [[Windows Live Spaces]], with some support for other blog service providers. {{Fact|date=May 2007}}
+Completed mashups and Web pages were stored on Popfly Space (100 MB maximum per user), where users also received a customizable profile page and other social networking features. Public projects could be shared, rated, or "ripped" by other users. Popfly allowed users to download mashups as gadgets for [[Windows Sidebar]] or embed them into [[Windows Live Spaces]], with some support for other blog service providers. {{Citation needed|date=May 2007}}
 Another feature of Popfly Space was the Popfly Explorer [[plug-in (computing)|plug-in]] for [[Microsoft Visual Studio Express|Visual Studio Express]]. Users could utilize Visual Studio Express (Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions or higher required) to download the mashups and modify the coding, as well as perform actions such as uploading, sharing, ripping, and rating the mashups.
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 ===Shutdown===
 On July 16, 2009, the Popfly team announced that the Popfly service would be discontinued on August 24, 2009.
-All sites, references and resources of popfly were taken down, and this product is considered defunct.<ref>[http://popflyteam.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!51018025071FD37F!336.entry?sa=197251537 Popfly Team]</ref>
+All sites, references, and resources of popfly were taken down, and this product is considered defunct.<ref>[http://popflyteam.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!51018025071FD37F!336.entry?sa=197251537 Popfly Team]{{dead link|date=October 2013}}</ref>
 ==See also==
+*[[Mashup (web application hybrid)|Mashup]]
 *[[Google Mashup Editor]] (Deprecated, since January 14, 2009)
-*[[AgentSheets]] programming language with web input
 *[[WSO2 Mashup Server]]
+*[[Ubiquity (Firefox)|Mozilla Ubiquity]]
-*[[JackBe]]
-*[[Ubiquity_(Firefox)|Mozilla Ubiquity]]
+*[[Mozilla Jetpack]]
 *[[Yahoo! Pipes]]
+*[[Yahoo! query language]]
 *[[Scratch programming language]]
 *[[EMML]]
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2210648,00.asp Review of Popfly (PC Magazine)]
+*[https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2210648,00.asp Review of Popfly (PC Magazine)]
+*[http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/Adam-Nathan-and-John-Montgomery-Popfly-Now-Open-to-the-General-Public-and-New-Features-Announced Adam Nathan and John Montgomery: Popfly - Now Open to the General Public and New Features Announced] from creators [[Adam Nathan]] and John Montgomery
 ==References==
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