Comments on: FeedPassé http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/ Completely Messing the Point - Notes on cool tech, including RSS and Atom. May contain humor. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:21:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Mark Woodman http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-188 Thu, 25 May 2006 21:51:45 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-188 FeedBurner provides a valid RSS 2.0 feed with a stylesheet reference for browser viewing. Why can't you use it? FeedBurner provides a valid RSS 2.0 feed with a stylesheet reference for browser viewing. Why can’t you use it?

]]> by: john http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-187 Thu, 25 May 2006 21:47:43 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-187 I hate feedburner. At least leave up a regular RSS feed so people like me who can't use feedburner can still subscribe. I hate feedburner. At least leave up a regular RSS feed so people like me who can’t use feedburner can still subscribe.

]]> by: Rob Fay http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-186 Wed, 24 May 2006 12:37:46 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-186 Some <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/21/feedpass-does-absolutely-nothing/#comments" rel="nofollow">interesting commentary over at </a><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/" rel="nofollow">TechCrunch</a>. Some interesting commentary over at TechCrunch.

]]> by: Mark Woodman http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-184 Fri, 19 May 2006 16:16:04 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-184 Jim, I have a couple of suggestions which would really turn it around for me: 1) Add a configuration option to display an abbreviated help text section (versus what you have now), perhaps with links to a page on your site which has the full information. 2) Add a configuration option to force full-text items. I understand the "drive to my blog" emphasis. But with full-text items AND ads (and less help text), I'd be just as happy to have people bookmark the FeedPass URL as I would my own blog. - Mark Jim,

I have a couple of suggestions which would really turn it around for me:

1) Add a configuration option to display an abbreviated help text section (versus what you have now), perhaps with links to a page on your site which has the full information.

2) Add a configuration option to force full-text items. I understand the “drive to my blog” emphasis. But with full-text items AND ads (and less help text), I’d be just as happy to have people bookmark the FeedPass URL as I would my own blog.

- Mark

]]> by: Jim Woolley http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-183 Fri, 19 May 2006 15:47:58 +0000 http://inkblots.markwoodman.com/2006/05/19/feedpasse/#comment-183 A nice summary. Feedpass sometimes does display full feeds in the content preview, like here: http://www.feedpass.com/engadget http://www.feedpass.com/slashdot436 Other feeds trigger an abbreviated preview, with a [...] to see the full feed on your blog. Still others, like many Blogger.com atom feeds, show only the item title. We're working on this now, but are still not convinced that potential subscribers really need to see full feeds on our site. Instead, we'd rather drive users to your blog, where something else might catch their eye, or where your own advertising can also be a benefit. Feedpass was created to aid in the subscription process, not to be used as the RSS Reader. So, while full feeds are nice, it is more of our intent to drive subscriptions to your feed via readers, etc. We realize that once someone is subscribed, they won't view the feedpass page often, or ever, again. That's okay. Thanks for your feedback. We'll keep improving the tool with your help. A nice summary. Feedpass sometimes does display full feeds in the content preview, like here:

http://www.feedpass.com/engadget
http://www.feedpass.com/slashdot436

Other feeds trigger an abbreviated preview, with a […] to see the full feed on your blog. Still others, like many Blogger.com atom feeds, show only the item title. We’re working on this now, but are still not convinced that potential subscribers really need to see full feeds on our site. Instead, we’d rather drive users to your blog, where something else might catch their eye, or where your own advertising can also be a benefit.

Feedpass was created to aid in the subscription process, not to be used as the RSS Reader. So, while full feeds are nice, it is more of our intent to drive subscriptions to your feed via readers, etc. We realize that once someone is subscribed, they won’t view the feedpass page often, or ever, again. That’s okay.

Thanks for your feedback. We’ll keep improving the tool with your help.

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