Re: [syndication] The scenario

["Bill Kearney" <ml_yahoo@ideaspace.net>]

> Some of the comments here are off because the commenter isn't considering
> the scenario.

No, the commenters have indeed considered them.  We already know of this
scenario.

> First, this is not happening in a Web browser, it's happening in an
> aggregator.

And all current aggregators involve a browser in some fashion.

> We don't have the source of any HTML text around, ready to be examined for
> links.

Uh, yes you would, see above comment.

> The server is Yahoo. They use lots of static pages, and a highly optimized
> server. 404's are cheap.

Cheap for one doesn't mean everyone should be punished with a bad solution.

> The goal is to quickly get a list of feeds that are available from Yahoo.

So use a <link> tag that points to the file and you're done.

> Now I may not understand all I need to understand about Yahoo, and there may
> be problems with putting a file at a specific location for other servers,
> but as usual, the religious arguments are all we're hearing. Talk about
> clogging up things and wasting time.

That you fail to consider the larger impact is QUITE often the source of a lot
of wasted time.

> I plan to implement this in a few hours on an experimental basis on the
> Berkman server, just to see what issues come up. Perhaps someone else would
> like to try it out on their server, and report back practical, not religious
> issues. I don't want a format that has deal-stoppers, but I'm also not going
> to let religious arguments stop development of yet another useful idea. Had
> enough of that.

Bullying people into implemented badly thought out hacks does seem to be your
specialty.  Calling valid technical points 'religious' arguments is insulting.
Again, that's your standard modus operandi, isn't it?

-Bill Keareny