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What is RSS?
scept1c:
I have seen so many times the logo of RSS, but I don’t know does it works.
Please tell me what is RSS?
ark_ader:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RSS+feeds
Malenko:
Really Simple Syndication
Vigo:
Plug an RSS link into an RSS program, and you get newsfeed updates from that program.
Howard_Casto:
The real answer.... a waste of time. Well maybe that's a bit harsh, but for the end user they don't make any sense.
RSS feeds are supposed to be a way to get real-time updates, like a news ticker and they do that BUT if you want to view anything more complex then a couple of sentences you have to read the link to the article anyway which means you might as well just check the news site when you are ready to read the news of the day. Also many of your free rss feed readers (like the one you probably have with your email program) don't show things in realtime, you have to actually open up the feeds to read them, which completely defeats the purpose.
What they ARE good for is updating web-enabled applications. A RSS feed is a smart way to send data to an auto-updating application. The "web videos" app on vizio tvs are updated via rss, for example. XBMC is also updated via rss.
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