Friday, September 17, 2004

Firefox Integrates RSS

A handy feature comes with the latest Firefox (version 1.0 Pre-release). On certain pages* an RSS icon will appear in the lower right. Clicking on it you can choose to subscribe to the RSS (or other available feeds, like Atom). The blog or news page will then appear in your bookmarks folder as “Live Bookmark”, which shows the latest posts.

I think many users will be confused by the choice between RSS and Atom (and after all, why should they care – the browser should just go for one or the other and hide the choice in the options). Also, it’s about time we rename this thing to “site feed” or whatever the community deems appropriate. If Firefox wants to go mainstream it should adopt a mainstream interface as well.

* It helps to have the following HTML in the head of the document:
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="your-rss.xml" />

Firefox Integrates RSS by Philipp Lenssen

Friday Fun

• Write your own text on walls (click on English, then Motifs, Festive, Sports etc.)
• Trailers for Everyday Life
• Suggested baby names for bloggers (Bloggia, Blerta, Post and Ping)
• Things You’d Love to Say at Work, but Can’t (“How about never? Is never good for you?”)
• ASCII Bush
• Giant Robot in Times Square
• Words building on the term “Gaydar”
• Dog drives car
• Computer Cartoon

Friday Fun by Philipp Lenssen

Election Watch

Technorati’s politics site has turned into Election Watch 2004. In blogspace, Kerry is winning over Bush. Also see Scott Niven’s Google comparison of Bush vs Kerry (here, Bush wins).

Election Watch by Philipp Lenssen

Google Test

Could you solve GLAT, the Google Labs Aptitude Test? [Thanks Dirson.]

Google Test by Philipp Lenssen

Aks Jeeves

Here is search engine Aks Jeeves. OutHouseRag says “It`s like Ask Jeeves, but more street.” NSFW if you turn on your speakers.

Aks Jeeves by Philipp Lenssen

Gmail Invites Thread

As always, the Gmail invitation thread offers an opportunity for people to give out Gmails, and to get invited! Several new invitations have been posted today.

Gmail Invites Thread by Philipp Lenssen

Search Engine Watch Blog

As of September 16, Search Engine Watch has its own weblog. Bloggers include Danny Sullivan and Gary Price. I’ve added the feed to my news overview page.

Search Engine Watch Blog by Philipp Lenssen

Googlebot and HTTP 1.1

It looks like Googlebot is now partially supporting HTTP 1.1.

Googlebot and HTTP 1.1 by Philipp Lenssen

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