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I use RSS heavily and I don't want an RSS button - what would that even do? RSS is best when integrated with a stateful server-side reader. Whatever comes with

I use RSS heavily and I don't want an RSS button - what would that even do? RSS is best when integrated with a stateful server-side reader. Whatever comes with the browser will not be as good as an extension from a company focused on that feature. For example I use https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/

oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
> what would that even do? Open the current page's RSS feed in my configured client. Failing that, copy its URL. Absolute minimum, it's a shortcut for having to view source, cmd-f, "RSS", cmd-c
- alexchamberlain 2y ago
  I thought RSS readers were able to extract the URL themselves?
  - oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
    If you're using one of those kinda of RSS readers, that makes the process a little easier, sure. It doesn't address discover ability, though.
PeterStuer 2y ago
Easy notification that a feed is present and an option.
kevincox 2y ago
Firefox had this and it was great. - It rendered the feed in a pretty way. - If provided a little widget to open the feed in your feed reader (in practice it substituted the feed url into a URL template with popular readers by default and the option to add your own). This basically made it a one-click subscribe option.
latexr 2y ago
> I use RSS heavily and I don't want an RSS button Then don’t click it? > RSS is best when integrated with a stateful server-side reader. Hard disagree. Look, you do you, but your preferences aren’t universal.
n144q 2y ago
> RSS is best when integrated with a stateful server-side reader. Who said that? It's meaningful if you read the feed across multiple devices, but lots of people read RSS on their computer only. And even so browsers could provide RSS status synchronization. In fact almost every browser is already syncing your browsing history, bookmarks and settings if you are signed in. > Whatever comes with the browser will not be as good as an extension... not true.
fak3r 2y ago
I agree, it's like robots.txt, you don't have a link to it from the webpage, but it's always (well it's supposed to be...) there. However I can see how normal folk wouldn't look for a feed like I would on a site: right click -> view source, control-f `rss` or `feed` to get the RSS url.

oneeyedpigeon 2y ago

> what would that even do? Open the current page's RSS feed in my configured client. Failing that, copy its URL. Absolute minimum, it's a shortcut for having to view source, cmd-f, "RSS", cmd-c

alexchamberlain 2y ago
I thought RSS readers were able to extract the URL themselves?
- oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
  If you're using one of those kinda of RSS readers, that makes the process a little easier, sure. It doesn't address discover ability, though.

PeterStuer 2y ago

Easy notification that a feed is present and an option.

kevincox 2y ago

Firefox had this and it was great. - It rendered the feed in a pretty way. - If provided a little widget to open the feed in your feed reader (in practice it substituted the feed url into a URL template with popular readers by default and the option to add your own). This basically made it a one-click subscribe option.

latexr 2y ago

> I use RSS heavily and I don't want an RSS button Then don’t click it? > RSS is best when integrated with a stateful server-side reader. Hard disagree. Look, you do you, but your preferences aren’t universal.

n144q 2y ago

> RSS is best when integrated with a stateful server-side reader. Who said that? It's meaningful if you read the feed across multiple devices, but lots of people read RSS on their computer only. And even so browsers could provide RSS status synchronization. In fact almost every browser is already syncing your browsing history, bookmarks and settings if you are signed in. > Whatever comes with the browser will not be as good as an extension... not true.

fak3r 2y ago

I agree, it's like robots.txt, you don't have a link to it from the webpage, but it's always (well it's supposed to be...) there. However I can see how normal folk wouldn't look for a feed like I would on a site: right click -> view source, control-f `rss` or `feed` to get the RSS url.