www-128.ibm.com — RSS and Atom feeds are popping up like mushrooms on Web sites. They are popular because they offer a simple mechanism for loyal visitors to register with a site and be notified of updates. Still they are not always easy on users, particularly those with older browsers.
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kielOct 26, 2006
You can't blame users for their technology. There are always going to be those people who cant even handle downloading and installing an application. You gotta develop for them too.Not to mention alternative devices like mobiles, etc.
ghardingOct 26, 2006
Did even bother to read the article?
Closed AccountOct 26, 2006
@sirsteveh:ahh but there are peopel for whom computers arent new fangle and yet dont want to learn.My mom has used computers for a great deal of her life for her job. SHe is fine at email, web browsing, data entry, office, spreadsheets, etcask here to format a floppy and she gives you a blank stare. SHe has never felt the need to install anything that didnt come on a cd with autorun.. and she isnt alone... i do think they will eventually be a dying breed, But she has used computers for longer than most people on digg and I have to show here and install things like firefox, cant really blame her for not learning, i have been typing for almost thirty years and i still cant type with the home keys or with my eyes off the keyboard.
ardorinOct 26, 2006
Very good article, now that RSS is becoming more widespread, I think XSLT has to be more widely used to make RSS more understandable by not so 'techie' people.
deusxOct 26, 2006
One sad thing about this technique of applying client-side XSLT is that it looks like it's being pre-empted by new browsers. Safari has its own RSS rendering, as does the new Firefox 2. I believe IE 7 imposes its own rendering as well, though I can't say first hand since I've been avoiding IE 7 like the plague. So, good news / bad news. Good news is, browsers are getting better about handling RSS. Bad news is, we've put a lot of work into even nicer XSLT transforms on RSS feeds that don't seem like they'll work much longer.