tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472544.post110791548669483295..comments2024-03-01T21:44:32.744-08:00Comments on The Mysterious Traveler Sets Out: Quality content on the webThe Mysterious Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13688661614993071938noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472544.post-1107978109055329102005-02-09T11:41:00.000-08:002005-02-09T11:41:00.000-08:00Dear Anonymous (gd),
Mucking around with all the b...Dear Anonymous (gd),<br />Mucking around with all the beta software is not for the fastidious. But I haven't had so much fun since the early days of pre-GUI online communication! Blogger works better with Firefox than with Safari, so I've gotten to play around with a new browser. Last night I exported my NetNewsWire Lite subscriptions (they let you do it flat, or grouped, which I appreciated) The Mysterious Travelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688661614993071938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472544.post-1107976934568240462005-02-09T11:22:00.000-08:002005-02-09T11:22:00.000-08:00Link looks good now. ;-)
My NetNewsWire (Lite?) t...Link looks good now. ;-)<br /><br />My NetNewsWire (Lite?) turned up its Aqua-colored nose at the Atom feed. It just says "Untitled Source" and doesn't pull anything in. Next time I don't need to do anything important like work, I'll try to boot into Mac OS X to take a look. <br /><br />Oh: well, here's a problem: if I try to load<br /><br /> http://themysterioustraveler.blogspot.com/atom.xml<brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472544.post-1107971205759082262005-02-09T09:46:00.000-08:002005-02-09T09:46:00.000-08:00Anonymous (gd)--
Thank you for pointing out the ba...Anonymous (gd)--<br />Thank you for pointing out the badly formatted URL; I believe I've got it fixed now. So, what's the problem with using Atom instead of RSS? NetNewsWire and other aggregators recognize both, and people are able to successfully subscribe to my blog--why would I be using RSS instead?The Mysterious Travelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688661614993071938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472544.post-1107968187641663582005-02-09T08:56:00.000-08:002005-02-09T08:56:00.000-08:00FYI: The TechWeb URL is badly formatted; takes to ...FYI: The TechWeb URL is badly formatted; takes to http.com, which is a pop-up festooned placeholder site.<br /><br />That said, when I finally read the RSS article (and TechWeb remains an example of how to publish *badly* on the Web) I was underwhelmed. I've long said I don't "get" RSS, and people just shake their heads at me. I see the potential utility to publishers, and as a publisher I'll Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com