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Re: LUGNET news RSS feed
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Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:38:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > that doesn't know how to show unformatted XML, you can try this
> > link:
> > 
> >   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.

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 things that are of no interest.  It's a little like using an NNTP reader,
but different.

However, trying to view RSS through the wrong program (e.g. a web browser) would
be foolish.

--Bill.



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  Re: LUGNET news RSS feed
 
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