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Remembering the browser wars with Netscape's ex-CEO

Alan Pearson

STOP PUTTING ATTACHMENTS ON RSS FEEDS 

Stop

Please, please for the love of technology, STOP putting attachments on RSS feeds.

It's designed to be a really quick way to grab headlines, not be forced to download your attachment crap.

STOP IT. STOP IT NOW.

Put a link in instead.

Ashlee Vance

Re: STOP PUTTING ATTACHMENTS ON RSS FEEDS 

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We're taking ARSE to the next level, man.

Anonymous Coward

Re: STOP PUTTING ATTACHMENTS ON RSS FEEDS 

Dead Vulture

Doesn't that make this a podcast (of a pretty nasty type - one that downloads ALL the MP3s?!?)

DirkGently

Transcript? 

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Or at least excerpts?? What a waste of space on the Internet!

Nathan Cable

Thanks! 

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I just wanted to drop a line (and probably risk being flamed by the looks of it) saying that I really enjoyed that interview. The Netscape saga was wrapping up just as I started to get involved in the tech sector. It was illuminating, to say the least, to hear Barksdale's perspective.