> Can't you just ignore them then? The feed update / last-modified issue > is not isolated to the use of thr:when and thr:count. As I mentioned in > another note, you end up with the exact same problem when folks use the > slash:comments element but no one seems to mind that. This problem is > not unique to FTE, nor does FTE make the problem any worse. > > What else, in your opinion makes them useless and counter productive? > I'm seriously asking because I really don't see it. >
Well to me there is no need to include, or specify, information that cannot be found otherwise already. Specifying the way to find how to retrieve the replies resource is a great idea and I'm looking forward to it. However, if I'm an aggregator I don't need the thr:count and thr:when because I will find those information anyway with the following process: 1. I fetch the comment feed and put it my cache 2. I want to know if a new comment has been posted, I won't fetch the feed containing the entry but the feed containing the comment a. No comment added => 304 Not Modified B. A comment added => I fetch the feed again and know both the number of comments and the date of the latest one This process will happen anyway from the aggregator point of view so I see little value in the 'thr' attributes overall. - Sylvain
