First look: Microsoft Popfly

Popfly is out of the gate and it's very cool. Popfly is a way for all of us non-programmers to get in to making mash-up pages, like combining FlickR photos on a Virtual Earth globe. The interface is drag and drop easy and has a community for sharing these mash-ups with other users.

These mash-ups can be inserted in your web site, your MySpace, or used in your Vista Sidebar. Of course hard core developers can still get in and code new "blocks" to extend the functionality and freedom of Popfly.

Check out Rory Blyth's first look at Popfly here, then check out Popfly.ms for an overview.