Google Apps Hacks

GOOGLE APPS HACKS

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Like feeds, HTML itself

can also be parsed by

software. However,

HTML has grown

more complex over

time; for instance, it

often includes layout

denitions right

within the main le, as

opposed to an external

stylesheet. Also, HTML

doesn’t yet have a

clearly dened and

agreed-upon structure

to denote specic

articles within a page.

Efforts in the form of

drafts are underway

to change this, like

XHTML 2 and HTML 5.

XHTML 2, for instance,

proposes to include a

<section> element, and

the option to write, for

example, <h role="rss:

title">...</h>

for

headings. HTML 5, on

the other hand, has an

<article> element. But

these drafts take time

to be nalized, if ever,

and then to become

supported by browsers

or feed readers, so

they pose no present

alternative to RSS or

Atom feeds.

HtMl as a feed?

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There are two avors of these feeds: RSS and Atom. One way to subscribe to them is to use Google ...