mark nottingham

Can we stop it with the orange XML buttons already?

Wednesday, 28 January 2004

Web Feeds

It’s like having a “get your ASCII here” button; completely meaningless.

There are literally thousands of XML formats out there, so you’re not really being helpful by labelling it as such (the */xml media types have similar problems).

If you want to advertise that you have an RSS feed available, call it RSS; it’s not that hard. And do us all a favour; put it at the top of the page so it’s easy to find.

Orange is fine.

(Feeling cranky after a nasty bout with the flu… can somebody please bring me some ginger ale?)