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Aggregating application interactions

Started by paulmwatson · 10 months ago

Snap is an interesting idea that takes the normal passive mode of RSS and uses it for taking action. The example is a to-do list system that works inside your feed-reader. You subscribe to an interaction feed and can post new to-do items, mark existing ones as done, postpone others etc. The to-d ... Continue reading »

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  • That reminds me of something... Back when i first read the ATOM spec, i though it sounded like a great way to implement two-way communication: GET a list of items, POST new ones, PUT modifications... it all seemed so... nice.

    Then i realized that the feed readers out there didn't even bother rendering everything in each , to say nothing of any sort of support for adding new ones. What a waste. Any idea if that's changed...?
  • Sadly not, Shog. Feed readers are still very much only "title, link and description" aware. Some understand enclosures but any other elements in the item are pretty much ignored.

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