Re: [syndication] Re: Channel 3475 - Please advise

[Julian Bond <julian@netmarketseurope.com>]

In article <OF995CBE0C.B0C4D899-ON802569F2.002E3BC5@agora.co.uk>,
hpyle@agora.co.uk writes
>Did I miss something here?  What's wrong with teaching the browser an RSS
>MIME-type;  then just click the RSS link to feed it into your descktop
>aggregator?

I had exactly this thought in the shower after reading last night's
posts. I'd previously asked about RSS file extensions. This is not very
elegant, but if
- we all used .rss (or .xml.rss)
- Userland, Headline viewer etc accepted an rss file on the command line
- .rss was file associated with your favorite headline viewer
then you could just click on the link and choose "Run from here".
Using a Mime Type and helper application is also an option as described
by Hugh.

BUT,

This doesn't deal with more centralized web aggregators like
My.Netscape.

I find the XML button impossibly Geeky for dumber users. In the current
state of play, a link to the actual XML file rather than an HTML display
of the XML would be more useful. Right click, copy shortcut, paste into
aggregator is what you're most likely to do, but it's still a little
technical ;-(  

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