Re: Atom Info Proposal

[Graham <dtcd@xxxxxxx>]

>   http://bitworking.org/projects/atom/examples/example-feed.atom

Switches to Safari, which dumps a useless file on my desktop, and 
leaves a useless blank new window in my Safari. No aggregator gets 
opened.

(If I alter Shrook's bundle property list to support .atom and 
application/atom+xml, the program still doesn't open, though it does* 
if I find the file on the desktop and double click it, though obviously 
Shrook doesn't do anything with it)

(* Look Joe, objectivity!)

>   feed://bitworking.org/projects/atom/examples/example-feed.atom

Immediately switches to Shrook, which opens an "Add New Channel" 
dialog, pre-filled out with the Atom address. Very slick and 
convenient. (PS I, and others, recommend the feed:http://www... format, 
which is probably even more heretic, but whatever)

> This is just a single example.  My point, however, is not specific to 
> email clients.  Instead my point is that that the whole ecosystem 
> needs to be considered, not merely a specific client or server.  I 
> believe that we can benefit from the larger perspective of that TAG.

Well it's mostly dealt with at the OS level, so your email client 
example was pretty dud, to be honest, though I take your overall point.

Graham