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Re: Visible MetaData == "Visible to whom?" was Re: Design Principles

From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:30:15 +0200
Message-ID: <460C05B7.7010602@gmx.de>
To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
CC: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>, w3c-lists@mikeschinkel.com, hsivonen@iki.fi, public-html@w3.org 

Maciej Stachowiak schrieb:
> ...
> So this is actually a perfect example of why visible metadata is better 
> (and indeed HTML5 supports feed discovery on <a> elements, belatedly 
> solving htis problem).
> ...

The problem with this kind of approach is that it doesn't scale very 
well. The average user is very confused by all these little colored 
buttons (Atom, RSS1, RSS2, whatnot).

Best regards, Julian
Received on Thursday, 29 March 2007 18:30:25 GMT

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