On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 1:13 PM, James Holderness <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peter Keane wrote: >> >> Does the Blogger format (which I was championing) cripple their >> functionality? Just curious.... > > Short answer: yes. > > John Panzer wrote: >> >> So people can see what we're talking about easily, I exported a >> (test) blog and uploaded the xml here: >> >> http://www.johnpanzer.com/blogexport.xml > > I hadn't looked at the Blogger format until you posted that link. Once I saw > it, though, I realised it was so laughingly bad, I just had to steal the > idea for my April Fools' Day blog post (although maybe it wasn't that funny > if you thought the format had any merit at all). > > Having done that, I kind of forgot abut this thread, but I think it's > probably best if I stay out of this discussion anyway. My interest in the > archive format is somewhat tangential to the problem you're trying to solve. > > However, I'd be grateful if everyone could try and avoid recommending their > worst ideas as "best practices". That just makes my life more difficult.
I'd be a lot more useful if you could explain your objections. Meanwhile, I'll modify my statement to say "common" practice (instead of "best" practice -- even though I quite like it -- it's indisputably "common"). I'm all ears & willing to change my tune if there is compelling evidence... --peter > > Regards > James > >
