I got a funny email on Facebook and Myspace the other day and found out that WireIt.js was removed. It's a real shame because this library is quite nice. The reason: copyright infringement.
While the author mentioned that the library might be released as a YUI widget, it's the original source code that makes it useful.
I don't know how useful a widget might be. Take Google search results for instance. You have to employ their sucky AJAX library to get the results you want. I prefer to have the raw data. Yahoo actually did a good job in allowing developers to retrieve XML data feeds from their search.
However, we're seeing the shoe on the other foot. Come on Yahoo! Yahoo Pipes is visually interesting for developers but it isn't that special. WireIt.js is one of the more useful Javascript libraries out there for doing data flows and potentially other visual applications that require connecting elements together.
Well, then again that's why all those people are leaving at Yahoo, right Mr. Yang? ;)
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