[Sigia-l] Sigia-l Digest, Vol 25, Issue 32

[Lee Hsieh]

...RSS does have potential to be useful for the masses.  The problem is 
in it's poor execution.  Currently when users click on RSS links within 
a website all they see is a bunch of XML code.  For many this just looks 
like an error and they move on.  Very few have the time or inclination 
to research it further.

Until RSS becomes as easy as clicking on a YouTube video, it will be 
confined to a minority of users.

As the cliche goes, 'it doesnt matter how good the techology is if no 
one uses it..'

Lee

sigia-l-request at asis.org wrote:
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:32:26 -0800
> From: Skot Nelson <skot at penguinstorm.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] RSS usage. Was Rant about bad IA practice.
> To: Stewart Dean <stew8dean at hotmail.com>
> Cc: SIG-IA <sigia-l at asis.org>
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> On Oct-29-2006, at 06:41 , Stewart Dean wrote:
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>> The RSS has a lots of potential and uptake is rising.  I think my  
>> original point is that for the average user it still remains a  
>> confusing technology.  A lot has been done to try and make it  
>> easier to understand but it's lead to a huge amount of small icons  
>> appear in sites
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> I'm not sure that I agree that it "remains a confusing technology."  
> RSS has a number of applications, many of them completely invisible.  
> I think that to generalize RSS as a tool that is designed to allow  
> "end users" or "consumers" to subscribe to feeds undersells the tool.
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> Nonetheless, Peter Bogaards Infodesign newletter pointed me to this  
> article, and a comment from Jared Spool that on a superficial level  
> at least supports your comments. I think it's only fair to note it.
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> http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000133.php
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