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There are different kind of users out there, with different thoughts, needs, work flows and goals.

Give them a choice.
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First i looked via Google insights at the distribution of search demand for Microsoft, Linux and Apple since 2004. (MS = blue, linux = red, apple = orange)

Well, the interest in Microsoft and Linux goes down (seen as a trend, not overall figures) and hey, i think that is a great thing, the OS, the desktop becomes more irrelevant over time, the web is the new OS, Firefox the new desktop. Nonetheless, i looked in a more detail at the last 90 days.

Do you see the strange “potholes”?

What’s more important, Linux and Microsoft have the same potholes. While Apple goes up, overall, but Apple also goes up when Microsoft and Linux go down. Oh yeah, the “Up’s” all occur on weekends.

The conclusion is quite simple: we work and suffer with MS and Linux, we relax with Apple on the weekends. If you have another conclusion, there is a great comment box at the end of this post.

TwitPic is Twitter with pictures. And it is beautiful.

facesaerch provides a nifty RSSflow bookmarklet to browse feeds easier cover flow style. sadly not all is right in the RSS feed world.

first of all, many feeds are poorly maintained. i.e. you tube

3 out of 15 do not work….

Another issue is, that many websites offer more than one feed linked from the head section (that’s when you see the nice orange icon).

ok, if you are a technical experienced human user you might know which one to choose and what to do with it, for automated services you have to make ongoing workarounds to estimate the most suitable feed.

last but not least: like blue-ray vs. HD-DVD - RSS feeds (blue)  have won over ATOM feeds (red) a long time ago .

Sadly the ATOM format still hangs around on many blogs, often masquerades itself as an RSS feed.

(and RSS 2.0 is also around for quite some time, we should get rid of 0.92…)

For a new technology RSS has a shitload of baggage. To drive market acceptance there should be some clear rules.

• One page, one feed from the header.
• One format.
• The feed is your web page! Keep it working.

And yes, this is just wishful thinking. Thx for the screen time, now i will continue code some workarounds.

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