On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock < [email protected]> wrote:
> Excerpts from Joshua Bronson's message of Thu Mar 12 10:29:18 -0400 2009: > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Excerpts from Joshua Bronson's message of Wed Mar 11 23:18:12 -0400 > 2009: > > > > Phil noticed that the link to get a feed for a preset points to > > > ...atom.xml > > > > (which in fact is atom) but the link text reads "RSS" (doubtless > because > > > > "RSS" has become synonymous with "feed" both to people who don't know > the > > > > difference and to people who do know but don't care to split hairs in > the > > > > wrong context). Melkjug isn't the only software perpetuating this > > > ambiguity > > > > -- Safari's blue "RSS" button in the address bar comes to mind -- but > the > > > > question is do we care? My personal inclination is to change it to > "Atom" > > > or > > > > "Feed" but if this sacrifices popular understanding for correctness > it's > > > not > > > > worth it. > > > > > > +1 to changing the name. I was tricked by this the other day while > trying > > > to > > > pull my jug's feed into a WordPress install using the KB Advanced RSS > > > Widget. I > > > was wondering why it wasn't working until I actually looked at the feed > and > > > realized it wasn't RSS :) > > > > > > Also, I take it this means Melkjug doesn't currently expose an RSS > feed? > > > > > > Correct, we publish atom only at the moment. Is this a request for RSS? > > Yes, please, having RSS would be great! :) > Created a ticket for it at http://trac.openplans.org/melkjug/ticket/391.
