new rss icon
Microsoft is supposed to release their upgrade to Internet Explorer later this year. Included in that release will be the ability to integrate RSS feeds better into the browser.
Last month Microsoft announced that the icon they will use for RSS feeds will be the same one that their competitor, Firefox, uses.
So get used to this icon. You’ll begin to see it more and more as the year goes on.
Feed Icon, originally uploaded by VicKuP.
That’s pretty funny! My first reaction when I saw your post in Bloglines was, hey, there’s the Livelines icon from Firefox. Then I read the post talking about Microsoft, and it took a second to get over the cognitive dissonance of them appropriating their competitor’s logo.
Comment by Rev. Mike — January 3, 2006 @ 10:07 pm
Microsoft development team bloggers blogged about the new icon and the collaboration last month.
Comment by Jack — January 4, 2006 @ 9:15 am
Yeah, I know they did. I’m just slow on the update. I read it back then but never blogged about it. Plus I just found a large icon to use for a blog post!
Comment by rob — January 4, 2006 @ 11:23 am
I need to update my blog to use the icon.
Comment by Jack — January 4, 2006 @ 2:49 pm
Jack, be sure to check out feedicons.com for downloadable icons. I found out post-post.
Comment by rob — January 4, 2006 @ 3:18 pm
[...] I hope I replied well. You be the judge: I encourage RSS to be sure. It’s a great way to provide subscriptions to those who have RSS readers. An RSS feed needs a RSS reader just like an email needs an email reader (like Outlook). Right now RSS readers are easy to use, but not as popular. They will be more popular soon. Yahoo Mail Beta has RSS built into it’s email service so in one page you can read your email and RSS feeds. Internet Explorer 7 will come out later this year. When it does, it’ll have RSS built in so anyone who browses to a website that offers RSS will be able to subscribe right there and then. The Firefox browser already does this. When the new Microsoft Office comes out late this year or early next year, Outlook will have RSS built into it so you can get your email and RSS feeds in one place. But right now many are using RSS readers to keep up with their favorite sites offering RSS. My reader of choice is http://www.bloglines.com. So offering RSS doesn’t “bring in the wrong and the right people”. It simply offers another format to read and keep up with your blog for those who want it and know how to use it. As for which RSS to use, well, there’s really only two options that matter…and that doesn’t even matter. Most RSS readers will read both the RSS 2.0 and Atom formats. I recommend a free service at http://www.feedburner.com that will allow one preferred feed for users. I like it also because it offers stats and a clean page to view the feed with explanations of what it’s all about. Offering RSS requires no more work. It’s automatic once it’s turned on. For more reading, check out: http://rob.orangejack.com/2006/01/03/new-rss-icon/ http://rob.orangejack.com/2005/10/20/rss-for-outlook-attensa/ But really, I encourage you to read this as it may answer some of your questions: http://rob.orangejack.com/2005/09/18/rss-and-bloglines/ If you don’t mind, I’d like to use your questions and my answers in a blog post. Is this okay with you? [...]
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