Why people are not into RSS readers

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Published Monday, September 08, 2003 2:43 PM by RoyOsherove
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Monday, September 08, 2003 12:05 PM by Brenton House

# re: Why people are not into RSS readers

Maybe microsoft will purchase NewsGator and integrate the features into Outlook...
Monday, September 08, 2003 12:32 PM by Kenny Lamoot

# re: Why people are not into RSS readers

Feed-Me.Info is a web based news reader, that isn't talking about RSS.

You have one or more 'Views'

You add 'News Feeds' to a 'View'.

'News Feeds' contain News Items.

A user can create his own view on the web, where the source is not that important, but the content is.

Putting these News Feeds into categories, which is called the 'News Directory', and I believe we getting closer to non-tech people.

I try to ban the word RSS from the site, which is not always easy.

Maybe you should try it out, and start creating your view on the web!
Monday, September 08, 2003 6:33 PM by Joe Grossberg

# re: Why people are not into RSS readers

"Actually all this will happen when we stop talking about “RSS” and start calling it a more people friendly name."

A people-friendly name for the format ... like, um, "mp3"?

Yeah, that sh*t's going nowhere until they come up with a marketable name. ;)

I would also take your analogy further and say RSS readers are the <i>circa-1999 Linuxes</i> of today's data clients.