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Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom
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Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom

by Ben Hammersley
April 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
270 pages
7h 13m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Other Cunning Techniques

The PC isn’t the only way to access a feed. Due to the lightweight XML nature of RSS and Atom, many other devices and conduits can use the formats to deliver information.

Mobile Devices

PDAs, mobile phones, and the incessant merging of the two can’t escape the power of RSS and Atom:

Email Clients

If you’d rather get your RSS through your already convenient email software, you’re not alone. A number of tools will make this easy:

  • IzyNews (http://izynews.com/de/default.aspx?) sets up RSS feeds as unread messages in an IMAP directory. It requires some server-side setup, but it’s perfect for a corporate environment with locked-down desktop machines.

  • NewsGator Outlook Edition (http://www.newsgator.com/outlook.aspx) is an RSS reader extension for Microsoft Outlook. Many people swear by it, and it ...

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