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Filament – An App Platform for Websites (filament.io)
18 points by dtelepathy 4398 days ago
4 comments
SchizoDuckie 4398 days ago
I have no clue what this is supposed to be doing. Apps? What apps? An app is something that I install on my cellphone.

I see some scripts that could be jquery plugins or analytings thingies that I can hook up or something by dragging and dropping?

So how are you going to integrate them? I guess this 'connecting' step means that you have to install a javascript injecting portal?

Explain like i'm a developer please.

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buckbova 4398 days ago
So this is a plugin for plugins for wordpress?
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fatbat 4398 days ago
At first I was under the impression that it isn't WordPress specific but it looks that way when you read the bottom about the plugin.

Quickly browsing though it also looks to have flavors of Kickstarter for plugins "backing".

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techaddict009 4398 days ago
Its confusing. Was going to post the same question. If it is Plugin then there are already thousands existing in market what is need of it?
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dtelepathy 4398 days ago
There are thousands of plugins, but they are all platform specific (WP, Joomla...etc). Filament works on any site that accepts JS. It can also be used to connect existing web apps to your site (i.e. MailChimp) without embedding code.
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brianbreslin 4398 days ago
AppSumo has been doing something like this for a few months. Sumome email apps and tweet highlight stuff
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NathanCH 4398 days ago
Cool, "apps" that don't work in Firefox.
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dtelepathy 4398 days ago
What aspect is not working in FF?
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