Comments on: The icon doesn’t matter. http://larryborsato.com/blog/2005/10/the-icon-doesnt-matter/ Unpredictable. Unfocused. Just like life. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:41:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Todd Sieling http://larryborsato.com/blog/2005/10/the-icon-doesnt-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Todd Sieling Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:58:20 +0000 http://alchemii.net/blog/2005/10/the-icon-doesnt-matter/#comment-266 One of the biggest things holding back RSS is the insistence that people acknowledge and interact with it as a 'different' thing. The last thing that I believe people would want is yet another thing to learn about when they already understand the concept of headline and summary, much less another three letter acronym (TLA). For what it's worth, I thought Apple's decision to move RSS support into the browser put web content back where it belongs. Just like the idea of learning what RSS is can hold people back from starting to use it, separate aggregators (while they currently offer some nice features) is yet another hurdle for average users to jump before they can enjoy the benefits. That has to end. One of the biggest things holding back RSS is the insistence that people acknowledge and interact with it as a ‘different’ thing. The last thing that I believe people would want is yet another thing to learn about when they already understand the concept of headline and summary, much less another three letter acronym (TLA).

For what it’s worth, I thought Apple’s decision to move RSS support into the browser put web content back where it belongs. Just like the idea of learning what RSS is can hold people back from starting to use it, separate aggregators (while they currently offer some nice features) is yet another hurdle for average users to jump before they can enjoy the benefits. That has to end.

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