2007 Will Be A Big Year For RSS
2007 Will Be A Big Year For RSS. I’m sure this is what my friend at Sweet! was waiting to hear me blog that. Some of you already knew, some of you are finally saying ‘Aha!’ and the rest of you… well, come along for the ride people. This article was a good one from my point of view though- simply put, “With Microsoft’s IE7 just around the corner and the other big Internet companies upgrading key information management products, 2007 is going to be the ‘make it or break it‘ year for RSS.”
As a developer, it’s exciting and motivating seeing RSS being shoved down the throats of the public. I have to admit though, I am still skeptical as to how well this might catch on… next year anyways. The internet changes, but people don’t; not so easily. When there’s mass shifting in technology, not everyone comes along. Sure, the new millenium generations show greater promise, but people is people. I have tech saavy readers here every day who still deny the RSS fever that’s spreading. My gut feeling says this: RSS will continue to grow on the inside track for developers, but people will not adopt as we envision. The power of aggregation lies in the hands of the developers, not the public. The public will mingle with it as a software add-on, but expect it spoon-fed with their ‘gimme that now’ pages and applications.
Cynical, sure- but I’ve been preaching and only the developers I know are really rocking the boat. Then again, I’m probably wrong. mikull.com’ers- subscribe to my feed to make it so!
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Yes, the “Tipping Point” is upon us for RSS and it will definately move fast once IE 7 arrives. In most cases, I see people using RSS and not even knowing it.
This whole Windows RSS System is interesting, but it won’t be the only factor driving RSS. Look to the combination of news sites and IE 7 driving many people towards RSS as a means for information management.
Anyone noticed that Firefox 2 (the original RSS Feed Icon creator) has changed their standard Feed Icon to Blue! Very interesting.
Thanks for the links Mike!
Nail on the head with ‘not even knowing it’ - which rephrases my point better. Information management as an add-on, with no real understanding of what’s going on.
Maybe that’s all there is to it though, and I’m looking at it from the jaded developers point of view. Bookmarks ARE RSS now, and the static world needs to catch up…