Comments on: NYT Thinks \”RSS\” is an Awkward Acronym http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/30/nyt-thinks-rss-is-an-awkward-acronym/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:27:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Georg Berg\'s Notizen http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/30/nyt-thinks-rss-is-an-awkward-acronym/#comment-25832 Georg Berg\'s Notizen Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:34:36 +0000 #comment-25832 <trackback /><strong>NYT Thinks </strong> In his June 23 New York Times piece, "What's in a Product Name?" columnist David Pogue observed: "Some good technologies don't even stand for something that people can agree on. NYT Thinks
In his June 23 New York Times piece, “What’s in a Product Name?” columnist David Pogue observed: “Some good technologies don’t even stand for something that people can agree on.

]]> By: Lumpy http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/30/nyt-thinks-rss-is-an-awkward-acronym/#comment-23611 Lumpy Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:51:12 +0000 #comment-23611 I agree that RSS is not the best label but I also think that people who use the technology know what it is. I also agree that the calling it a web feed is a good idea. As far as your button goes, you can use <a href="http://kalsey.com/tools/buttonmaker/">Adam Kasely's button maker</a>. I agree that RSS is not the best label but I also think that people who use the technology know what it is.

I also agree that the calling it a web feed is a good idea.

As far as your button goes, you can use Adam Kasely’s button maker.

]]> By: Chris Thilk http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/30/nyt-thinks-rss-is-an-awkward-acronym/#comment-23603 Chris Thilk Fri, 01 Jul 2005 17:58:12 +0000 #comment-23603 No, RSS isn't the best term but it's far from confusing as a name I think. Bacon's actually just released a white paper in an effort to help people who might be intimidated understand the technology. http://www.bacons.com/landing/RSS_Bacons_Homepage.asp No, RSS isn’t the best term but it’s far from confusing as a name I think.
Bacon’s actually just released a white paper in an effort to help people who might
be intimidated understand the technology. http://www.bacons.com/landing/RSS_Bacons_Homepage.asp

]]> By: Anup http://www.contentious.com/2005/06/30/nyt-thinks-rss-is-an-awkward-acronym/#comment-23602 Anup Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:16:35 +0000 #comment-23602 I would tend to agree (even though I also use RSS -- and worse, show an XML button as so many do that! I will change this when I get some time though!) RSS is not the only format to receive a webfeed (e.g. ATOM). Hence, webfeed is more activity or user focused, where as RSS is just one technology to provide the web feed. Hence, I think web feed is therefore a better term that should be used. Perhaps you can create a little orange webfeed button :) Maybe that will help it take off! I would tend to agree (even though I also use RSS — and worse, show an XML button as so many do that! I will change this when I get some time though!)

RSS is not the only format to receive a webfeed (e.g. ATOM). Hence, webfeed is more activity or user focused, where as RSS is just one technology to provide the web feed. Hence, I think web feed is therefore a better term that should be used. Perhaps you can create a little orange webfeed button :) Maybe that will help it take off!

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