On Friday 21 October 2005 15:49, sirlancelot wrote: > Maybe then it would be a good topic for a shortish discussion at one of > the meetings. I have to admit to being one of those who have so far > ignored this technology, but i'd be interested to listen to a discussion > of the why's and wherefore's. > > Lance B > > Steve Holdoway wrote: > >On Fri, October 21, 2005 3:00 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >>But they can't do that if their mail server is out of order. > >>I really wish the ISPs would disseminate this kind of info using RSS. > > > >A recent survey showed that well under 5% of regular computer users had > >even heard of RSS, let alone used it. > > > >What's wrong with the web page concept as a backup for the M$^H^H > >technologically challenged? Nothing much except: Web => Dozens of clicks to find the gem of info, and you ask them. RSS => No clicks, and they tell you automatically.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/default.stm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fconnected%2F2003%2F11%2F05%2Fecrboot05.xml Doubtless there are _dozens_ of others. -- CS
