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Ten years ago, every browser would have featured a prominent orange button. People wouldn't have a clue what it was for, but you could point them to it, and the
by interfixus 8y ago
Ten years ago, every browser would have featured a prominent orange button. People wouldn't have a clue what it was for, but you could point them to it, and the browser would present som sort of live bookmark system or whatever. It was worthwhile to deliver a feed.
Then Google embraced, extended, and extinguished, and also the Facebook nightmare began in earnest.
Therefore less undead today than then.
- Jaruzel 8y agoGoogle still support RSS in Chrome, albeit via their official extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-subscription-extensio/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-subscription-e... I'm still sad that it's not an in-built feature on any mainstream browser anymore though.
- interfixus 8y agoI was mainly referring the Google Reader cycle: Lure the whole world in with convenience. Dazzle with features. Kill.