RSS - Real Singlish Support?
I overheard a hawker stall conversation the other day that went a little something like this: "The new Windows is called Longhorn. Got support for RSS - Real Singaporean Singlish some more. Damn cool man." "Yah right. You wait long long lah. What do Ang Mohs know about Real Singaporean Singlish one?"
The real question in this case is:
WHAT EXACTLY IS RSS?
In the recent OS buzz and battles, it was indeed announced that the coming soon Microsoft Windows codenamed "Longhorn" will have system-wide support for RSS. But more factually some call "RSS" Real Simple Syndication while others refer to it as Rich Site Summary. Both are accurately descriptive so the ball is in your court.
RSS was originally designed by Netscape as a text format tool (XML) for building portals of headlines extracted from major news websites. Various developers have since taken it up sprouting various RSS flavours (7 to be exact). RSS has now proliferated on the internet as a popular method for distributing headlines, updates and news in summary to audiences that want a glimpse before committing to a full download or visit. You may liken it to news and stock tickers common on television programs. The difference being RSS is "Pull" enabled allowing you to grab more so to speak. Television on the other hand is "Push" although this is to change with interactive and digital television.
Popularity of RSS can be attributed to the adoption by the Weblog/Blogging community as a means to share their latest blog entries. The ever-increasing Podcast phenomenon is built on RSS itself. Podcast - a blend of the words 'iPod" and "Broadcasting" is a democratic method of distributing MP3 content via RSS feeds.
Since 2004 almost every major news organisation have taken to RSS as a method to syndicate their news headlines and summaries. Current and future browsers feature support for accepting and reading RSS feeds. There are also stand-alone RSS feed readers in more widget-like desktop applications.
In context, the RSS feed to Splogger: The Spoon Blog can be created from www.spoon.com.sg/splog/splogger.xml
However, if support for Real Singaporean Singlish is important to you, also can. Make a feature-request at the Longhorn Development Center lah.
The real question in this case is:
WHAT EXACTLY IS RSS?
In the recent OS buzz and battles, it was indeed announced that the coming soon Microsoft Windows codenamed "Longhorn" will have system-wide support for RSS. But more factually some call "RSS" Real Simple Syndication while others refer to it as Rich Site Summary. Both are accurately descriptive so the ball is in your court.
RSS was originally designed by Netscape as a text format tool (XML) for building portals of headlines extracted from major news websites. Various developers have since taken it up sprouting various RSS flavours (7 to be exact). RSS has now proliferated on the internet as a popular method for distributing headlines, updates and news in summary to audiences that want a glimpse before committing to a full download or visit. You may liken it to news and stock tickers common on television programs. The difference being RSS is "Pull" enabled allowing you to grab more so to speak. Television on the other hand is "Push" although this is to change with interactive and digital television.
Popularity of RSS can be attributed to the adoption by the Weblog/Blogging community as a means to share their latest blog entries. The ever-increasing Podcast phenomenon is built on RSS itself. Podcast - a blend of the words 'iPod" and "Broadcasting" is a democratic method of distributing MP3 content via RSS feeds.
Since 2004 almost every major news organisation have taken to RSS as a method to syndicate their news headlines and summaries. Current and future browsers feature support for accepting and reading RSS feeds. There are also stand-alone RSS feed readers in more widget-like desktop applications.
In context, the RSS feed to Splogger: The Spoon Blog can be created from www.spoon.com.sg/splog/splogger.xml
However, if support for Real Singaporean Singlish is important to you, also can. Make a feature-request at the Longhorn Development Center lah.
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