No matter where I go everyone is fascinated by rss. Sites crop up with their own bug free rss news feeders (you want me, you want me, no I don’t, no I don’t). I visit my favorite blogs, and I never fail to see those blinding bright, orange, little, buttons that always seem to want to say, "Yes, I’m an RSS2 zombie too!" And now there’s this atom thing that is going around that is supposed to be better, and what is it all meant for? Here’s the upshot:
Receive all the new entries from your favorite blogs that support rss in a news reader all in one page. So, instead of having to visit each and every individual weblog (Yes, some of the layouts are not easy on the eyes), all you have to do is open the reader and voila! Just like the results from a Google search all the entries will appear right before your eyes. No more extra arm movements as you rumage through those vast bookmarks with your mouse. All that exercise is such a waste of time! Kiss away those finger cramps. With just a click of a button the reader opens and you’re in business.
You have to love an invention that feeds into a lazy society. And if you’re looking for a good newsreader without the clutter, try bloglines. It adds a nifty little unassuming square in Mozilla, and that is all.