On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:38:49 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: (...)
>> Because I consider news (rss feeds) to be a "temporary" source of bits >> (read and ditch) I don't want to "store" anywhere but just help to keep >> me updated/informed (they also allow me to avoid browsing the >> newspapers websites full of advertizing materials). Basically, I use >> rss feeds as a modern incarnation of the teletype: it's fast, simple >> and gets to the point. >> >> > Well. I think the email subscription of news does the same - first sends > You the material You have chosen, then You can easily delete it as any > other message. Seems same to tme? - But what is comfortable - I use the > very same program - the email client for both, whereas in case of using > feeds - I have to use for the very same purposes already two programs - > I can not call it wise, or s oit seems to me. Well, kind of... the main difference I see between e-mail based newsletters/alerts and RSS based ones is about: - Time: RSS feeds are usually updated quicker that e-mail alerts - Content: E-mail subscriptions usually include the complete (self- contained) data (full text story, images and even attached PDF or multimedia files), while RSS is usually a two-step system, you first get a snippet of the news and if you're interested in expanding the information you can follow the link to the complete source. - Transport channel: E-mail can have its own issues (spam handling, mail service blackouts, you need and account where to receive the subscriptions...) while atom/xml based feeds are less picky and they can be reached/fetched with no special tool nor additional requirement other than having an Internet connection. As I said, I think they're following different targets although the above is not always so, I mean, you can find a company using e-mail based alerts in a very similar way it does RSS and viceversa (you can get very, very long and detailed RSS feeds, holding images, audio, etc...). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jlpppb$60e$7...@dough.gmane.org
