Comments on: How I Wish RSS Subscribing Would Work http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/ Making next year's Human-Computer family reunion a lot less uncomfortable. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bloglines (beta) vs. Google Reader (!beta?) | Matthew Oliphant’s usabilityworks.org http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51417 Bloglines (beta) vs. Google Reader (!beta?) | Matthew Oliphant’s usabilityworks.org Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:32:41 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51417 [...] However, do many people really use this method for adding a feed? I am curious if they do. As a Firefox user, I subscribe to feeds in an entirely different way (which I still think could be better). [...] [...] However, do many people really use this method for adding a feed? I am curious if they do. As a Firefox user, I subscribe to feeds in an entirely different way (which I still think could be better). [...]

]]> By: Gordon http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51213 Gordon Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:12:52 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51213 I do exactly this with Google Reader and a "Subscribe" bookmarklet. One click of an RSS icon to subscribe, one more to tag the feed and I'm done (if I'm in a hurry I can tag the feed later, making it a true one-click solution) I do exactly this with Google Reader and a “Subscribe” bookmarklet. One click of an RSS icon to subscribe, one more to tag the feed and I’m done (if I’m in a hurry I can tag the feed later, making it a true one-click solution)

]]> By: Geof Harries http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51198 Geof Harries Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:53:35 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51198 Have you considered a desktop app with web sync? With Safari and NetNewsWire, I hit an RSS feed icon and NNW opens up in the foreground to subscribe. Safari's state remains unchanged. Then, when I need to access my feeds via another computer, I simply go to newsgator.com and everything is there, synced up. It's a nice system. Have you considered a desktop app with web sync? With Safari and NetNewsWire, I hit an RSS feed icon and NNW opens up in the foreground to subscribe. Safari’s state remains unchanged. Then, when I need to access my feeds via another computer, I simply go to newsgator.com and everything is there, synced up. It’s a nice system.

]]> By: Matthew Oliphant http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51163 Matthew Oliphant Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:37:22 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51163 Hey Paul, I bet you know this already, but for the record I don't see this as a Bloglines issue. It's entirely the browser. I <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353275#c5" rel="nofollow">left a comment on the bug page</a>. Writing my comment I came up with an idea to improve the workflow above: add a link to allow me to go to Bloglines (or the reader I chose to subscribe with) to see the subscription edit page, or close the subscription area of the page. @Josh: I'll get right on it. As soon as I learn how to code and then convince Mozilla to accept my code. :) Hey Paul,

I bet you know this already, but for the record I don’t see this as a Bloglines issue. It’s entirely the browser. I left a comment on the bug page.

Writing my comment I came up with an idea to improve the workflow above: add a link to allow me to go to Bloglines (or the reader I chose to subscribe with) to see the subscription edit page, or close the subscription area of the page.

@Josh: I’ll get right on it. As soon as I learn how to code and then convince Mozilla to accept my code. :)

]]> By: Josh http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51162 Josh Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:37:26 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51162 That would be wonderful. :) Now get cracking! That would be wonderful. :) Now get cracking!

]]> By: Paul Querna http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51158 Paul Querna Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:00:52 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51158 Hi, I'm a Bloglines Engineer, and we had the same issue when Mozilla added us as a built in service. We opened this ticket in bugzilla about it: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353275 Unfortunately, there hasn't been much progress since opening it... Hi, I’m a Bloglines Engineer, and we had the same issue when Mozilla added us as a built in service.

We opened this ticket in bugzilla about it:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353275

Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much progress since opening it…

]]> By: Jonathan Christopher http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51157 Jonathan Christopher Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:23:10 +0000 http://usabilityworks.org/2007/11/01/how-i-wish-rss-subscribing-would-work/#comment-51157 I think that's a great alternative when subscribing to a Web-based reader. It hadn't really occurred to me as an issue before due to the fact that I use a desktop app for RSS. That said, even if you hit subscribe for a desktop app, you're still left staring at the feed page. I think your solution to an obvious problem is quite good both for Web-based tools as well as desktop apps. I think that’s a great alternative when subscribing to a Web-based reader. It hadn’t really occurred to me as an issue before due to the fact that I use a desktop app for RSS. That said, even if you hit subscribe for a desktop app, you’re still left staring at the feed page. I think your solution to an obvious problem is quite good both for Web-based tools as well as desktop apps.

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