RSS Is Dying, and You Should Be Very Worried

Re:RSS Is Dying, and You Should Be Very Worried by kroc on Sunday January 02, 2011 @12:34PM (#2060461)

because the browser is supposed to provide the button.

Why do you think I’m worried? I don’t want to have to clutter my site with a button to an XML feed that nobody understands. I want the browser auto-discovery to do the right thing and present the right interface to make RSS worthwhile.

Turning the key in a car shouldn’t present you a diagram on how to connect the battery. Browsers shouldn’t sit there dumbfounded when presented a piece of RSS.

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Re:RSS Is Dying, and You Should Be Very Worried by stanleydrew on Sunday January 02, 2011 @12:47PM (#2060505)

Your analogy doesn't work for me. A car is built to run when you turn it on. That is basic functionality. The reverse analogy to a browser would be "making an HTTP request shouldn't present you a diagram on how to do DNS resolution," and the browser doesn't.

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Re:RSS Is Dying, and You Should Be Very Worried by mithaler on Sunday January 02, 2011 @01:47PM (#2060679)

If I copy the URL of your site/blog into my RSS reader's Add Subscription dialog, I don't know of any RSS readers that wouldn't scrape your site for the link tags I assume you put in and discover the feed for me.

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Re:RSS Is Dying, and You Should Be Very Worried by DougBTX on Sunday January 02, 2011 @01:00PM (#2060548)

Why do you think I’m worried?

Because auto-discovery isn't working on his site either? (At least in Safari)

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Re:RSS Is Dying, and You Should Be Very Worried by ugh on Sunday January 02, 2011 @01:20PM (#2060605)

It is working. Safari changed the way it displays RSS feeds. You have to click and hold on the “Reader” button to display any RSS feeds.

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