| Joe Stump 2005-07-31, 5:17 pm |
| I liken RSS to email for webpages. First off, it's WAY easier to sub/
unsub from RSS feeds than it is mailing lists. Also, I can aggregate
my feeds. For instance, I can have Slashdot and CNN Technology news
all in the same "inbox" on my aggregator.
Also, there is an "ecapsulation" (I think that's the tag) that allows
you to attach other media to posts, which is being used for
podcasting. That way when a new podcast shows up in the feed it's
automagically downloaded into iTunes and then onto my iPod.
Basically, I don't have check 15 websites each morning. I open my
aggregator, check my inbox and THEN click through if I feel like
reading the whole story (if it doesn't show up in my aggregator).
--Joe
On Jul 31, 2005, at 2:21 PM, Lee Braiden wrote:
> On Sunday 31 July 2005 22:14, Justin Patrin wrote:
>
>
> It's not the implementation of the technology that's great; it's the
> technology itself, the fact that RSS has become the de-facto
> standard, and
> that as a new, almost-standardised technology, it's USEFUL in terms of
> aggregators, saving people time, and bringing them more information
> in an
> easier way. Might seem simple, but that's how progress happens.
>
> --
> Lee Braiden
> http://www.DigitalUnleashed.com
>
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