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Feed Icons – Help Establish the Standard

by richard

Feed IconAs some of you already know, Microsoft recently announced that the next version of Internet Explorer, IE 7, will use the well-known orange icon Firefox’s default theme uses for RSS and Atom feeds. As a dedicated Firefox user, I’m pretty excited about the atmosphere this creates for further collaboration among broswer developers to create (and abide by) standards for the web.

You can help to establish the new standard by simply using the icon instead of a text “RSS” link or the RSS graphic. If you haven’t already, check out FeedIcons.com. Download. Customize. Use.

Check the bottom of this site for how I’m using it.

HT:raekwon

6 comments

1 Kelly { 01.13.06 at 1030 }

But it’s ugly. They’re going to have to do better than that if’n they want my support.
;-)

2 richard { 01.13.06 at 1037 }

What?! Ugly? Psshhha!

It is neat and tidy and, best of all, it appropriately communicates the function.

3 Kelly { 01.13.06 at 1555 }

Hmph. I think the little RSS button communicates much better than a dot and two arcs. Why that could mean anything, or nothing at all.
:-p

4 richard { 01.13.06 at 1634 }

Well, if everything was RSS, you’d be right. But there’s all sorts of different things… RSS, RSS 0.92, RSS 2.0, RDF, XML, ATOM, FEED, etc.

It’s an icon representing syndication of all stripes.

5 Travis Seitler { 01.16.06 at 1759 }

…and one of the reasons for it is that it’s easier for international audiences to recognize an icon than abbreviated text. ;)

6 Matt Winckler { 01.16.06 at 1900 }

I like the icon and was also impressed with Microsoft’s willingness to collaborate. It was kind of depressing reading through the comments on the Microsoft RSS blog, though. I’m a Linux user myself, and I have to cringe when I see what a bunch of pretentious and illiterate morons the vast hordes of open-source zealots are. The blind hatred and fury toward Microsoft is mind-boggling, to say the least. I may not have any love for the company, but sheesh! At least give credit where credit is due.

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