It is exciting indeed - we should just find a simple way to use developer API of WA to produce those equations and graphs without all extra stuff around them in pages - like http://www4f.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP41419612icgb71eea9e000040f2377b25ifc76i?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=58
The image links don't work by the way-thrashed through that when creating the page ok your test site, and there are no output or other options from the current demo (or at least I have yet to find a key that works- LOL) but all that will be fixed when api can be directly invoked.
I noted that my little circle demo was produced with a grid, while simultaneous inequalities only had axes, and I have yet to figure out out to control that-trial and error from examples until they make api and docs available.....
But it is an incredible tool, which will I think they will leverage as a net hub looking at becoming like a google math and will set them back big coin, so the longterm question is how they will pitch access and whether they will break out engine from db behind it and make the engine freely available
No word yet on the API .....
Alex and I talked about using DragMath as an input tool for Wolfram Alpha. But given the following on the Wolfram Alpha website terms of use we decided againt it!
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Finally, it's also not permitted to use frames or other browser technologies to embed or surround the Wolfram|Alpha website with your own material without permission from Wolfram|Alpha. If you are interested in using Wolfram|Alpha in an embedded way, please contact us.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/termsofuse.html
I'm no legal expert, but we might not be able to interface in the ways we would really like.
This won't solve all out maths problems but a combination of the following should be a very good start.
- GeoGebra with the javascript interface. Note that plans for GeoGebra include a computer algebra system, so certainly watch this space.
- Google charts. http://code.google.com/apis/chart/
Chris
and if a link has a single link that open WA as new window (as attached file)?
Are terms of use OK?
Furio Petrossi
Russ from WolframAlpha... just wanted to give you all an update that the API is almost ready. It's looking like late August, early September.
Really good ideas I see on this thread. Happy to discuss them and terms of use and anything else on your mind.
Also I should note we are looking to the community to construct platform and language bindings.
Thanks!
Russ
Developer Relations
A number of us have applied for API IDs but there was some concerns raised about terms of use (embedding, etc) which really need to be addressed.
it's been two months without a peep since you said the API was "almost done". In the meantime folks here seem concerned about implications of license boilerplate.
Can you give us an update as far as what will be rolled when, as well as an explanation of changes that gave been made to the demo mode?
Ohhhhh...... I guess it is unlikely Russ will be responding as he no longer has a current profile in this course, lol