Comments on: Does a threaded RSS Reader exist? http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/ The company behind LouderVoice Reviews for Business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Conor O'Neill http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Conor O'Neill Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:02:00 +0000 http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/#comment-608 Test Test

]]> By: James Corbett http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-606 James Corbett Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:33:00 +0000 http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/#comment-606 Nice one! :) <br /> <br /> As you know I've aired some skepticism in the past regarding the long term value of microformats but I'm definitely a supporter of the initiative as I see some huge medium term (at leat) benefits. XOXO fits right in there of course but I think OPML has a huge advantage for the forseeable future in that it's supported by every feed aggregator in the market and increasingly by memetrackers (like Tailrank) and other Web 2.0 services. It may not be a better format (however you quantify 'better') but it has the default momentum behind it for now. <br /> <br /> The important thing from my point of view is that the benefits of distributed hierarchical datasets can be supported and appreciated, regardless of format. Why? Because I forsee the Symantic Web ultimately evolving out of hierarchical social tagging (eg. next generation del.icio.us). Nice one! :)

As you know I’ve aired some skepticism in the past regarding the long term value of microformats but I’m definitely a supporter of the initiative as I see some huge medium term (at leat) benefits. XOXO fits right in there of course but I think OPML has a huge advantage for the forseeable future in that it’s supported by every feed aggregator in the market and increasingly by memetrackers (like Tailrank) and other Web 2.0 services. It may not be a better format (however you quantify ‘better’) but it has the default momentum behind it for now.

The important thing from my point of view is that the benefits of distributed hierarchical datasets can be supported and appreciated, regardless of format. Why? Because I forsee the Symantic Web ultimately evolving out of hierarchical social tagging (eg. next generation del.icio.us).

]]> By: Conor O'Neill http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Conor O'Neill Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:33:00 +0000 http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/#comment-607 I'll be watching the supporting tools with interest. Whilst I really like what the Grazr guys are doing, I am not comfortable with the UI. I've never really taken to drilling up and down through hierarchies. I'm happy for the hierarchies to exist but I'm a hound for skimming quickly through lots of information and always gravitate towards UIs that let me do that. I’ll be watching the supporting tools with interest. Whilst I really like what the Grazr guys are doing, I am not comfortable with the UI. I’ve never really taken to drilling up and down through hierarchies. I’m happy for the hierarchies to exist but I’m a hound for skimming quickly through lots of information and always gravitate towards UIs that let me do that.

]]> By: James Corbett http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-604 James Corbett Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:59:00 +0000 http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/#comment-604 The way I think this should work is that each thread should spawn its own ad-hoc RSS feed. The main group feed is then just a digest of all thread feeds spliced together. Feeds should then be grouped in an OPML hierarchy and accessed via a feed grazer like Optimal Browser, Taskable or Grazr*. Of course many other feed aggregators will soon add grazing capabilities. <br /> <br /> *I'm on the advisory board of Grazr Corp. The way I think this should work is that each thread should spawn its own ad-hoc RSS feed. The main group feed is then just a digest of all thread feeds spliced together. Feeds should then be grouped in an OPML hierarchy and accessed via a feed grazer like Optimal Browser, Taskable or Grazr*. Of course many other feed aggregators will soon add grazing capabilities.

*I’m on the advisory board of Grazr Corp.

]]> By: Conor O'Neill http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Conor O'Neill Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:59:00 +0000 http://www.argolon.com/2006/07/01/does-a-threaded-rss-reader-exist/#comment-605 I like your thinking. It has struck me recently that the concept of "how many feeds I am subscribed to" is becoming outmoded. Whilst I manually add and remove feeds all the time (particularly Technorati watchlists on the hot topics or conferences), I can easily see a day when the subscriptions would be dynamic based on various criteria or whatever tool is using them. <br /> <br /> Would it be heresy of me to suggest that NNTP head gracefully towards retirement? It has been blocked in every corporate environment I have been in over the past 6 years and was only allowed in Integral Design because I managed the firewall. What is needed is for someone to build and host an NNTP to RSS gateway using your idea above. The obvious candidate is Google as they own Deja but their ambivalenece towards microformats makes that unlikely. <br /> <br /> OPML is clearly a big focus for you. I was about to ask you if you had looked at the XOXO microformat but I had a quick scoot at the XOXO blog and they mention Grazr as having XOXO on the to-do list. The question is of course, is it an XOXO to-do list ;-) I like your thinking. It has struck me recently that the concept of "how many feeds I am subscribed to" is becoming outmoded. Whilst I manually add and remove feeds all the time (particularly Technorati watchlists on the hot topics or conferences), I can easily see a day when the subscriptions would be dynamic based on various criteria or whatever tool is using them.

Would it be heresy of me to suggest that NNTP head gracefully towards retirement? It has been blocked in every corporate environment I have been in over the past 6 years and was only allowed in Integral Design because I managed the firewall. What is needed is for someone to build and host an NNTP to RSS gateway using your idea above. The obvious candidate is Google as they own Deja but their ambivalenece towards microformats makes that unlikely.

OPML is clearly a big focus for you. I was about to ask you if you had looked at the XOXO microformat but I had a quick scoot at the XOXO blog and they mention Grazr as having XOXO on the to-do list. The question is of course, is it an XOXO to-do list ;-)

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