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[Langley]

Is there an RSS feed for NH? Are there plans for one?

[Prometheus]

RSS?

[NerferKid]

It's like something you can access the internet from other electronics,like psp's and phones.
Just on a smaller screen.

[Langley]

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel," contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.

RSS content can be read using software called an "RSS reader," "feed reader" or an "aggregator." The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.

http://en.wikipedia....S_(file_format)

[Rambo]

It's like something you can access the internet from other electronics,like psp's and phones.
Just on a smaller screen.

Yeah, that has pretty much nothing to do with it. CSS, on the other hand can be used to style the internet so it appears well on handhelds, but that's not really its primary function. Could you have been thinking of CSS?


Langley - Not really sure why it is needed. Sure, lots of people don't visit the forums, but Evil recently started up the East Coast Mailing List which will notify everyone ( on the east coast ) of upcoming wars. I doubt you wanted to get an RSS feed for every new topic ( sorry if I'm getting presumtious ). I guess it might be beneficial for the announcements forum though. However, I'm fairly sure IPB has settings that allow for email notification of newly started topics, I think Cx would just have to turn it on.

[taita cakes]

Well because NH runs on standard Invision software I'm sure the plugin can be easily implemented, but seriously, do real people use RSS?
Like, real people, that go outside?
I tried using it once, gave up, came back a few months later, tried again, gave up.

I read a lot of blogs, Engadget, Inhabitat, MAKE etc and to keep track of all those becomes tiresome (I know, RSS feeds should simplify it, but they really don't, honestly) and well all know it's more fun to go to the actual website and get the full visual experience.

I see RSS links on nearly every website, but never see any usage figures or anything, so yeah, thread hijack...
Rollcall on RSS users?

Edited by taita_cakes, 25 November 2007 - 06:56 AM.

[Rambo]

Haha, I tried to use it over at GlobalDomination.se to get updates on the recently published reviews. Using Thunderbird, I got the first 10, but now, I have to delete and reinput all the info for GD to get the next 10... Lame.

[Carbon]

Rollcall on RSS users?

I've used RSS via OSX dashboard widgets for certain sites (like Digg, Slashdot et al). I've never quite seen the point of subscribing to a feed, and then reading via the browser - if you have a browser window open, why not check the site? - but checking site updates with a keypress is rather nice.

As a sidenote, Safari 3 has the interesting feature of being able to take clips of webpages, and update them live as dashboard widgets (accomplishing the same thing as an RSS feed widget). I've been playing around with a widget of the NH "view new posts" page, and it works pretty well.

Edited by Carbon, 25 November 2007 - 08:40 PM.

[keef]

I'd like one. I go on this site everyday (yeah, I have a life, I swear), but it would be useful to people who are at work, vacation, or thier grandparents in Boston who hate the Yankees.

[Langley]

iGoogle has pretty simple-to-use RSS support. I have a few different programming and tech related feeds that display on my google homepage next to my calendar and e-mail. Mostly I use a feed if it's a site I can't be bothered to check on all the time. If I know there are occasionally articles of interest and I don't want to be totally out of the loop, but there's a lot of stuff I'm totally uninterested in, I'll put it up there so I can glance over it while I'm talking to someone on gchat or whatever.

I imagine different feeds could be set up for different forums, or a feed could be set up that shows the top ten most recently *replied to* threads, for those who miss the old front page. Also, an RSS feed could be used on another site to refer to recent NH threads. At one time, there were plans to create a sister site for NH that focused on organizing events. One of the features would have been a joint NH/NHQ Nerf Wars Forum feed. The RSS feed Spanky set up is probably still there.