[Sigia-l] web site design vs RSS

[Paola Kathuria]

Ziya Oz wrote:
> Paola Kathuria:
[a crafty person wrote:]
>>> I've spent a great deal of time on the design and layout of the blog, so
>>> the idea that people might use the feed as a substitute for visiting the
>>> actual site isn't too appealing to me ;)
> 
>> Do you think this is a reasonable position?
> 
> If the sole/principal purpose of a site is demonstration of design skills
> and sensibilities, yes.

How about when the text refers to images that aren't
displayed?

For example, "I really love this print by ..." or "Above
are some of the postcards from..." or "Click for _more_
photos of the exhibition".

It's demanding a lot of a reader that they should read
all the text before deciding whether they should click
through to the same text but with pictures. At the very
least, she should have a second, custom RSS feed with
short text entries. Is that possible with mainstream
blogging systems?

(btw, did I mention that the main site is done entirely
in Flash?)

Ho hum.


Paola