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Bug 18801 - Don't make me choose between Atom and RSS
Don't make me choose between Atom and RSS
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
General/Unknown (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Blocks: feeds
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Reported: 2009-05-14 22:18 UTC by Jesse Ruderman
Modified: 2010-01-13 22:45 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Jesse Ruderman 2009-05-14 22:18:05 UTC
Offering both Atom and RSS feeds makes subscription UI in Firefox and Safari confusing.  Wikipedia should pick one format and make all the <link rel>s point there.

For geeks, it's just a slowdown, but for a first-time feed user, it's the difference between being presented with a meaningless list they'll probably dismiss and being presented with a preview of the feed.

http://www.toolness.com/wp/?p=158 "So presenting end-users with a fairly meaningless and intimidating question is yet another barrier to taking advantage of this technology."
Comment 1 Aryeh Gregor (not reading bugmail, please e-mail directly) 2010-01-13 22:45:31 UTC
Should be largely fixed in r61026.  There might be some places where a double option is still offered -- if you find any, reopen, or file a new bug and CC me.

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