IE7 loves RSS
As you all will know there is a new beta available for IE7, and it’s hitting RSS in a big way. I’ve read a lot of posts on this new browser and the way it incorporates RSS, two of those I want to share:
IEBlog: “You might have seen or read about the RSS functionality in the user interface of IE7 Beta 2 Preview. There is a bit more to it then just letting users subscribe and read feeds from the IE7 user interface. The RSS functionality in IE7 is “powered” by the Windows RSS Platform. The Windows RSS Platform API encapsulates 3 main components: Common Feed List, Feed Synchronization Engine, and Feed Store.”
Dave Winner: “This release is significant for publishers who provide RSS 2.0 feeds for their content because this is the first Microsoft release that includes comprehensive support for RSS not only on the producing side, but also on the consuming side. Until now, Microsoft has not shipped an RSS reader, and now they have, for Windows XP, a operating system with many millions of users. Their aggregator, and the underlying platform, is likely to be used in very large volume, likely becoming the most-installed aggregator.”
LifeHacker: “IE7 has a simple, slick interface with a nice tabbed window implementation and a built-in Quick Tabs view which provides Expose-like thumbnails of all the pages you’ve got open. The RSS features and keyboard shortcuts aren’t up to snuff, but the ever-important Control-T for a new tab works. The default search box engine is Google (!).”
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6 opinions for IE7 loves RSS
Squire
Feb 3, 2006 at 1:46 pm
I like firefox or konqeuror.
Ben Paton
Feb 3, 2006 at 3:29 pm
It’s funny everyone says they prefer firefox or similar but most people are still using IE, with IE 7 looming I don’t think much is going to change in terms of market share. I think it’s just a shame microsoft doesn’t get new products out quicker.
Andrei
Feb 6, 2006 at 11:52 pm
I can’t want until the millions of normals will start to use Web 2.0 features, specifically RSS. We’ve been preparing for this.
I smell somthing revolutionary begining.
Kohl
Feb 7, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Are you talking about Firefox, Opera or Konqueror? Oh no… IE7.. welcome to world microsoft! :-)
Andrei: me too!
Vincent
Mar 20, 2006 at 7:21 pm
New version (build) is available on http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/
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Jan 9, 2007 at 5:33 pm
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