Comments on: OpenKapow: Not Quite Dapper http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:13:56 -0800 hourly 1 By: Mundo Linear » 5 Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-1616736 Mundo Linear » 5 Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:45:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-1616736 [...] OpenKapow is the industrial strength version of Dapper. It’s a desktop app that programs RSS feeds, REST apps, and web clips through a browser interface. You can use OpenKapow to make a web robot to pull from a web page like Dapper, but can direct that bot to navigate web pages (including form submission), carry out loops, branches, recover from errors, and accept user input at any point in the process. OpenKapow has a community where developers can share their robots to be used and remixed by other users. [...] [...] OpenKapow is the industrial strength version of Dapper. It’s a desktop app that programs RSS feeds, REST apps, and web clips through a browser interface. You can use OpenKapow to make a web robot to pull from a web page like Dapper, but can direct that bot to navigate web pages (including form submission), carry out loops, branches, recover from errors, and accept user input at any point in the process. OpenKapow has a community where developers can share their robots to be used and remixed by other users. [...]

]]> By: Mundo Linear » 5 Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-1616735 Mundo Linear » 5 Ways to Mix, Rip, and Mash Your Data Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:45:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-1616735 [...] OpenKapow is the industrial strength version of Dapper. It’s a desktop app that programs RSS feeds, REST apps, and web clips through a browser interface. You can use OpenKapow to make a web robot to pull from a web page like Dapper, but can direct that bot to navigate web pages (including form submission), carry out loops, branches, recover from errors, and accept user input at any point in the process. OpenKapow has a community where developers can share their robots to be used and remixed by other users. [...] [...] OpenKapow is the industrial strength version of Dapper. It’s a desktop app that programs RSS feeds, REST apps, and web clips through a browser interface. You can use OpenKapow to make a web robot to pull from a web page like Dapper, but can direct that bot to navigate web pages (including form submission), carry out loops, branches, recover from errors, and accept user input at any point in the process. OpenKapow has a community where developers can share their robots to be used and remixed by other users. [...]

]]> By: Community Server Bits : OpenKapow goes live! http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-1211614 Community Server Bits : OpenKapow goes live! Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:59:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-1211614 [...] be downloaded by others and modified or used in mashup applications.  The site was reviewed by Nick Gonzalez on TechCrunch. Published Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:59 PM by [...] [...] be downloaded by others and modified or used in mashup applications.  The site was reviewed by Nick Gonzalez on TechCrunch. Published Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:59 PM by [...]

]]> By: stress http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-1202728 stress Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:21:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-1202728 i think there is n tspace for it i think there is n tspace for it

]]> By: Kim http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-898614 Kim Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:32:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-898614 Looks really cool, but whats status in usage after approx. 2 months. Looks really cool, but whats status in usage after approx. 2 months.

]]> By: Community Server Daily News : Community Server Daily News for Wednesday, December 6, 2006 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-492375 Community Server Daily News : Community Server Daily News for Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:59:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-492375 [...] Another day, another TWO new Community Server sites to showcase.  First, OpenKapow goes live!  OpenKapow provides free and open access to visual scripting tools that create mashups built around the concept of software Robots.  The site is tightly integrated with Kapow’s RobotMaker development suite through the REST APIs which allows users to install Robots into the community server gallery directly from the development tool.  Once a robot is installed in the gallery, it can be downloaded by others and modified or used in mashup applications.  The site was reviewed by Nick Gonzalez on TechCrunch. [...] [...] Another day, another TWO new Community Server sites to showcase.  First, OpenKapow goes live!  OpenKapow provides free and open access to visual scripting tools that create mashups built around the concept of software Robots.  The site is tightly integrated with Kapow’s RobotMaker development suite through the REST APIs which allows users to install Robots into the community server gallery directly from the development tool.  Once a robot is installed in the gallery, it can be downloaded by others and modified or used in mashup applications.  The site was reviewed by Nick Gonzalez on TechCrunch. [...]

]]> By: » links for 2006-12-05 .Dust: An Innovation Weblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-488248 » links for 2006-12-05 .Dust: An Innovation Weblog Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:38:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-488248 [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » OpenKapow: Not Quite Dapper If you want to easily create mashups this is something you should try! (tags: mashup openkapow) [...] [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » OpenKapow: Not Quite Dapper If you want to easily create mashups this is something you should try! (tags: mashup openkapow) [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-487938 Anonymous Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:15:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-487938 <strong>OpenKapow: Not Quite Dapper...</strong> Kapow Technologies has launched a new developer community, OpenKapow, based around their Kapow web-crawling bot. OpenKapow lets anyone use Kapow’s visual IDE (Kapow RoboSuite) to more easily program and share bots that make RSS feeds, REST services, ... OpenKapow: Not Quite Dapper…

Kapow Technologies has launched a new developer community, OpenKapow, based around their Kapow web-crawling bot. OpenKapow lets anyone use Kapow’s visual IDE (Kapow RoboSuite) to more easily program and share bots that make RSS feeds, REST services, …

]]> By: stefan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-487352 stefan Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:34:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-487352 I was reading your post and believe a product like this should be measured in two ways 1) ease of use and 2) power of functionality. Dapper definitely seems easier to get started on, but openkapow is light-years more powerful. One example of a very complex "mashup" powered by kapow is www.momondo.com, that in realtime searches hundreds of travel and airline sites for best fares (similar to kayak.com). Momondo is all powered by Kapow robots, and a product like Dapper could not even get close to their needs. I was reading your post and believe a product like this should be measured in two ways 1) ease of use and 2) power of functionality. Dapper definitely seems easier to get started on, but openkapow is light-years more powerful. One example of a very complex “mashup” powered by kapow is http://www.momondo.com, that in realtime searches hundreds of travel and airline sites for best fares (similar to kayak.com). Momondo is all powered by Kapow robots, and a product like Dapper could not even get close to their needs.

]]> By: Web 2.0 Sammelalbum - Web2Null - Openkapow http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-486858 Web 2.0 Sammelalbum - Web2Null - Openkapow Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:22:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-486858 [...] Openkapow: Webinhalte extrahieren und weiterverarbeiten Openkapow stellt einen Dienst zur Verfügung, mit dem man Inhalte von fremden Webseiten extrahieren kann und diese in Form eines Mashups nutzen kann. Mit Hilfe einer visuellen Entwicklungsumgebung lassen sich so eigene RSS-Feeds, REST-Services etc. entwickeln. www.openkapow.com via: Techcrunch Technorati: Openkapow [...] [...] Openkapow: Webinhalte extrahieren und weiterverarbeiten Openkapow stellt einen Dienst zur Verfügung, mit dem man Inhalte von fremden Webseiten extrahieren kann und diese in Form eines Mashups nutzen kann. Mit Hilfe einer visuellen Entwicklungsumgebung lassen sich so eigene RSS-Feeds, REST-Services etc. entwickeln. http://www.openkapow.com via: Techcrunch Technorati: Openkapow [...]

]]> By: Andreas http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-486057 Andreas Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:27:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-486057 Not quite true Markt, javascript is executed as well by the openkapow robots. And since an openkapow robot isnt like Googelbot it does not take robot.txt into consideration. Another way of thinking of openkapow robots is that it is a way to build an API towards sites that doesnt have an API (using openkapow REST robots) or building an RSS feed from a site that doesnt produce RSS (using openkapow RSS robots). Not quite true Markt, javascript is executed as well by the openkapow robots. And since an openkapow robot isnt like Googelbot it does not take robot.txt into consideration. Another way of thinking of openkapow robots is that it is a way to build an API towards sites that doesnt have an API (using openkapow REST robots) or building an RSS feed from a site that doesnt produce RSS (using openkapow RSS robots).

]]> By: Markt http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-486022 Markt Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:13:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-486022 rs: It won't work for clickfraud purposes since it doesn't parse Javascript. It follows html links, just like Googlebot and others. I wonder if it's capable of obeying robots.txt ? rs: It won’t work for clickfraud purposes since it doesn’t parse Javascript. It follows html links, just like Googlebot and others.

I wonder if it’s capable of obeying robots.txt ?

]]> By: Gaurav http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-485671 Gaurav Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:26:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-485671 ...& it is more like a web scrapper? …& it is more like a web scrapper?

]]> By: OpenGenie http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-485431 OpenGenie Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:23:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-485431 Site looks great for a beta. I am looking forward to trying it out. Site looks great for a beta. I am looking forward to trying it out.

]]> By: rs http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-485356 rs Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:54:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-485356 A giant leap for automated click fraud ! A giant leap for automated click fraud !

]]> By: neotechie http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-485270 neotechie Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:08:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-485270 Interesting a social network for developer. Interesting a social network for developer.

]]> By: Peter Cooper http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-484979 Peter Cooper Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:31:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-484979 Oops, my code in the above post was borked. <a href="http://marshallk.com/" rel="nofollow">Try here instead!</a> Oops, my code in the above post was borked. Try here instead!

]]> By: Peter Cooper http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-484978 Peter Cooper Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:30:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-484978 Tim: He <a>left.</a> Tim: He left.

]]> By: Remarkoo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-484970 Remarkoo Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:27:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-484970 I wonder how long it will take before a black hat SEOer uses this bot for scrapping more content for all those MFA sites ;) I wonder how long it will take before a black hat SEOer uses this bot for scrapping more content for all those MFA sites ;)

]]> By: Tim http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-484869 Tim Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:53:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-484869 Btw, what happened to Marshall Kirkpatrick ? Haven't seen any posts from him for a while .. Btw, what happened to Marshall Kirkpatrick ? Haven’t seen any posts from him for a while ..

]]> By: wayne lambright http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/comment-page-1/#comment-484701 wayne lambright Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:03:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/04/openkapow-not-quite-dapper/#comment-484701 Wow, this looks cool I can’t wait to play with it. Wow, this looks cool I can’t wait to play with it.

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