RE: Why Metalink Doesn't Have RSS Feeds

From: Post, Ethan <Ethan.Post_at_ps.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:07:20 -0600
Message-ID: <1F989681BA05FA4CAD9FA849ED8520570149B85C@pscdalpexch01.perotsystems.net>

They can password protect the directory the feed is stored in, perhaps it would require login every time you fire up your RSS reader but that should be it. Also they could at the very least post public feeds with just the headlines.  

Perhaps some of you are not as hyped on RSS as I am but I think you will be. I am able to keep up with over 100 different feeds from various sites and it doesn't take a whole heck of a lot of time. This is such a vast improvement over checking sites on a regular basis or getting emails.    

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jesse, Rich
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 10:45 AM To: mcdonald.connor_at_gmail.com; oracle-l
Subject: RE: Why Metalink Doesn't Have RSS Feeds

Forget the PRE tag. Make it CSS and make it standards-compliant instead of IE-compliant (like all the <br> tags plastered within the <pre> groups on many Metalink articles).  

All this talk of RSS, but I don't think I've seen a secured (password-protected session w/cookies) website with an RSS feed.  

Rich  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Connor McDonald

	Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:08 PM
	To: oracle-l
	Subject: Re: Why Metalink Doesn't Have RSS Feeds
	
	
	I don't want something as "advanced" as RSS from Metalink - I'd

be happy if they could simply allow people to post/reply in a monospaced font! Man, I hate posting/reading explain plans et al once they're on Metalink...         

        I mean, how hard can it be to add "<pre>" to a forum/tar post ?         

        Connor                  

        On 11/12/05, Post, Ethan <Ethan.Post_at_ps.net> wrote:

                Either I didn't ask the right question or Barb~ has no clue what RSS is

                and why it might be useful.                 

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