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Re: LUGNET news RSS feed
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:38:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dan Boger wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.nntp, Dan Boger wrote:
> > The new feed can be found here:
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> > http://peeron.com/tickers/lugnetnews.xml
> If you want to see what it'll look like in a RSS aggregator, or if you're using
> a broken browser
Like IE 6.0, for example? What percentage of users use it? Pretty high, isn't
it?
I find it frustrating that developers either have to allow for MS broken-ness,
or disenfranchise a bunch of users, most of whom want nothing to do with
pro/anti MSness, or just want to use the tools they are given rather than become
involved in installing and supporting other browsers.
Seems like a no win situation.
> that doesn't know how to show unformatted XML, you can try this
> link:
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> http://www.bloglines.com/preview?siteid=286564
That link really didn't convince me of why this RSS feed is a value add, I'm
afraid, as it shows all the posts with no structure whatever, in the order they
appear on the server.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: LUGNET news RSS feed
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| (...) I dunno - about 20% from my logs. How many of those users actually use IE6 to read RSS? Probably very close to 0%. As it makes really no sense to try to consume an RSS feed in a web browser. (Though mozilla does have some extensions that allow (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: LUGNET news RSS feed
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| (...) If you use an RSS reader to follow blogs, it fits nicely in that mold. At first I agreed with you - there's no structure... but it's so painless to view it in an RSS reader, that the lack of structure isn't really a problem. You just skip the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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