* Sean Lyndersay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-09 17:05]: >To build on this idea, there is real value on a consistent view >of feeds for the user, helping the user understand what they are >looking at, and the context in which they can use the data. In >fact, that's part of the promise of RSS - consistency.
+1 >Finally, we think that feeds+stylesheets exist as a stopgap >measure to help users avoid the nasty XML view in browsers that >don't support feeds (yes, this is a generalization, and some >people are building web sites that are built in a more >complicated way, but in the vast majority of cases, it's true). +1 >I argue that the right thing for a publisher is to serve HTML >when they want control over the look and feel of the entire set >of content, and to serve RSS/Atom when they want their data >consumed as a feed (which has always meant surrendering the >look-and-feel to the particular client the user chooses). +1 Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
