RSS not ubiquitous, yet.

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Jeff Julian — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:04:00 GMT

Wow, so you run Windows ME still eh? jk

re: RSS not ubiquitous, yet.

Olivier Travers — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 18:13:00 GMT

If you take into account CDF, RSS-like publication/aggregation has been around since 1997 (IE 4.0). Sure, RSS still has room and time to grow, but the growth of IM for instance in its first five years was quite faster. As I commented on Rick's post, RSS doesn't need to be a mass consumer format to be useful in a marketing mix, if you know what to expect from it.

As a historical detail, who was the first RSS aggregator is a very close shot since Headline Viewer 0.1.0 was released on April 25 '99.

Alex Barnett analyzes claims that RSS is not ubiquitous

TrackBack — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 19:47:00 GMT

Alex Barnett analyzes claims that RSS is not ubiquitous

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Rick Bruner — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 20:03:00 GMT

As Olivier pointed out, IM was a lot farther along five years in than 1.4%, as was the Web browser. Also, you didn't have the platform in place for mass distribution of email for many years (i.e., PCs and ISPs were not widespread till the early '90s), and with mobile telephony you had a cost factor that doesn't exist with RSS. RSS has a lot more things going for it than some of your other examples: a mature distribution platform, loads of content, little or no cost.

I'm not saying it still won't catch on -- I hope it does -- but you're not making an apples to apples comparison. That said, as I wrote in my post, what I expect will really propel it into the mainstream will be a little thing called Microsoft, if and when it ever gets around to building it into the OS/browser/email client or whatever.

Or, if Kottke's right and Google launches a browser of its own (ohpleaseohpleaseohplease) and builds in RSS, then that would work just as well. But I remain skeptical that NewsGator vs. AmphetaDesk vs. Bloglines vs. Feedster etc. are going to go mainstream. After all, how long have Gopher and Telnet been around? But I assure you my Mom will never use either of those.

Alex Barnett writes that RSS feeds, even with their relatively low usage at the moment, can still become the ubiquitous technology that email is today.

TrackBack — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 20:31:00 GMT

Alex Barnett writes that RSS feeds, even with their relatively low usage at the moment, can still become the ubiquitous technology that email is today.

re: RSS not ubiquitous, yet.

James Robertson — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 08:18:00 GMT

Ideally technology is successful when it satisfies the needs of the consumer and boosts productivity.

I personally believe I am more productive as a result of RSS feeds, as I spend less time browsing web pages.

I understand that browsing web pages in the work place in some circumstances can be regarded as wasting time. RSS feeds should help reduce this problem by saving the user time and improve the relevance of information sought.

I understand it will take time, but I think it will be mainstream within the next 5 years.

RSS: In the Slow Lane on the Road to Ubiquity?

Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 23:15:00 GMT

Harold Check responds to an article from Alex Barnett at MSDN. In the article, Alex says: Don’t write off RSS because it was invented 5 years ago and ’still’ isn’t at ‘mass use’. If XML, IM and P2P (depending on how you define P2P) - are anything to go by (technologies that ride on the infrastructure that itself took decades to make prime time) RSS has another 3 years before it can be judged as ‘having made it’ or not. Alex goes on to give examples of ubiquitous technology that...

RSS: In the Slow Lane on the Road to Ubiquity?

TrackBack — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 16:33:00 GMT

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RSS not ubiquitous, yet.

soulsoup — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:37:00 GMT

RSS not ubiquitous, yet. by Alex Barnett When was email invented? 33 years ago. When was mobile telephony invented? 32 years ago. When was TCP/IP invented? 30 years ago. When was HTTP invented? 14 years ago. When was the browser invented? 14 years ago. When was XML invented? 8 years ago. When was IM and P2P invented? 8 years ago. When was the RSS aggregator invented? 5 years ago My point? Don't write off RSS because it was invented 5 years ago and 'still' isn't at 'mass use'. If XML, IM and P2P (depending on how you define P2P) -...

While We're on the Subject of RSS

TrackBack — Thu, 09 Sep 2004 03:27:00 GMT

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Redwood Asylum — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 23:20:00 GMT

RSS: In the Slow Lane on the Road to Ubiquity? .

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