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Nice to see a different application of the same concept I'm pursuing with Hey Homepage. I chose to have the feed creator and feed reader in one-and-the-same app
by rambambram 4y ago
Nice to see a different application of the same concept I'm pursuing with Hey Homepage. I chose to have the feed creator and feed reader in one-and-the-same app. Just like with Facebook or Twitter, where you can read and post in the same interface. It's combined with a microblog/timeline, that can just as easily be viewed by regular people in the browser who've never heard of RSS. Openness and accessibility are key, no walled gardens. My website system also publishes an OPML file and an accompanying list of recommended other websites (just like a blogroll or webring).
I subscribed to your feed and wish you luck with your nice projects! I did miss an RSS icon on your site, however. ;)
- jacobobryant 4y agoThis is cool! Other People's Meaningful Links is great :). I've subscribed to your feed as well. I actually haven't worried about the RSS icon on my site since I figure people who use a feed reader can just copy and paste the site URL and the reader app will auto-detect the feed, and people who don't use a feed reader can just subscribe with email. Maybe it'd still be helpful to link explicitly to the RSS feed I suppose, perhaps underneath the email subscribe box?
- rambambram 4y agoThanks! Indeed, I auto-detected your feed with my system and you're right about the people who know about RSS will find it, but I catch myself looking for an icon first. It also signals that RSS is still alive. I think somewhere close to the email subscribe box will do the job. I even check the footer a lot, or the blog section of pages.