Google Reader RSS client, like a blockbuster, in real-time topic Broadcasting Network on Twitter triggered a huge response. Some people are angry, some sad, some triumphant. Those who are proud to say that the RSS is a mess already, and anyway, it also has been Twitter replaced completely close this service is also logical. U.S. technology website The Verge writer Dieter - Byrne (Dieter Bohn) does not agree with this point of view, he believes the RSS still very important. The following is Byrne's view:
RSS has been more than 10 years of history, but for general web users, it never really caught on too. RSS is short for Real Simple Syndication, which means "Really Simple Syndication". RSS means that you can get a site in a relatively high level, a user or a channel (or other) release of the "new things" list. You can read RSS content through a lot of applications on the phone, computer or tablet,. Google Reader is one of the most popular in the application of these RSS. (RSS article generalized RSS, so the RSS 2.0, Atom and other supporters of the XML standard, we are one of us).
RSS the opportunity to make a comeback?
Google Reader is very good, because it provides a lot of functionality, and allows users to enjoy the better of the RSS service - you can put the articles into folders, it will remember that you have not read an article, and you also can easily save and share articles. In addition, it allows other applications to synchronize these functions - so, if I Press read an article in the Android phone, it will not open Reeder on the iPad to see it.
Since 1999, I have to her friends and colleagues to publicize the benefits of RSS, but has little effect. To make matters worse, almost every RSS application (Netscape from 1999 to 2013 Feedly) in some way is not how good. Therefore, if Google Reader is closed, I actually agree with Dave - Winer (Dave Winer, Harvard Law School's Berkman scholars, Userland Software founder the CEO blog technology, one of the leaders), saying: RSS product market will usher in a wave of revival, because now the leading product, a 800-pound gorilla, it went away. "Amen Special, Marco (Marco Arment, the co-founder of Tumblr, Instapaper developer ) also issued a similar statement. But I do not like their opinion is wrong. Google Reader appear to inhibit the development of other RSS reader, however, I am also worried, after it leaves, RSS to make a comeback, and the possibility to adapt to modern Web becomes smaller.
Twitter can not replace RSS
RSS is an open web standard enriched my life, and I really like it, actually, I'm a little worried that it may wither away. I know say appeared to be very pedantic, but open Web standards also enrich your life. Why I do not agree that Twitter can be replaced by a statement of RSS? This is also one of the reasons.
Twitter is not an open web standard, it is a service provided by a private company.Twitter used to provide a relatively open API (application programming interface), but it has become a thing of the past. The establishment of an open, viable third-party application ecosystem, to rely on the generosity of a company, it is not too silly? Not to mention Twitter and Netflix, even Google itself, Google reader, it makes the survival of a certain class of applications closed under threat. I do not believe that Twitter could replace RSS, Twitter is not a standard. As a news dissemination, it is to take orders from the Twitter CEO Dick - Costello (Dick Costolo). On the other hand, RSS is like a website: Anyone can create an RSS feed, anyone can host it, anyone can think it is to write an application, anyone can read it.
Many websites and web services, RSS is an "in-depth bone marrow" feature, so we tend to take for granted. Tumblr, YouTube, Flickr, and many other websites and blog often provide RSS. For website developers to create the RSS function almost effortlessly.Website have a structured way to send data to the application, as well as other sites on the Web, this is very important. Data as much as a lot of people recommended the Flipboard application to replace Google Reader, but these applications pull from RSS, follow social feeds pull something comparable. More importantly, they are free from the RSS to pull data, but from Facebook and Twitter to pull information, the premise is to obtain the acquiescence of these companies.
Even aside open vs. closed the dispute, I still feel that Twitter and Facebook can not be an effective replacement for RSS. Twitter indeed closed, but more important is that the problem is solved by Twitter and RSS solve a completely different problem.
If you are concerned about the dozens of active users, twelve days as long as you are not on Twitter, you almost can not keep up with their pace - you simply will not be able to after reading all of the content stream. With RSS, you can browse the blurb saved article (or share), even if you have a few days without the Internet, these operations are not difficult. People want to catch up with the pace of the press via Twitter tragic, but not everyone has that much time all day on Twitter. Twitter is a real-time, RSS is the shift time (time-shifted). Both are important. If you do not believe me, just go ask VCR recording TV programs.
Compared with the Twitter application, the the RSS application provides news consumption function is also some more, such as read / unread status, private Starred / save folder and so on. I certainly hope that these features can also provide third-party Twitter client, Twitter provisions limit as possible (the number of users of third-party applications such as Twitter provisions of up to 10 people).
Fight for RSS
Close Google Reader mean? For many people, this means looking for another RSS reader application on the web and mobile phones to replace it. Fortunately, there are many applications, this casual news from Flipboard application to Reeder's core applications such as Google Reader alternatives. However, a large part of these applications should use to the the Google reader functionality. Fortunately, there are some companies (such as Feedly and Digg) to come forward, said that to solve this problem.
It was also submitted a petition, calling on Google to retain the services, I personally think that this is an unnecessary. Google obviously has other plans - Close Google Reader it can be driven to Google+ or some other product. In addition, call a spade a spade, Google Reader has been very ugly, but also the lack of ease of use. Google closes what is the motivation of this service, we should recognize that Google is not equal to the web, so we might as well focus on supporting those companies who really care about RSS.
If you like to watch the news, you definitely want to the RSS field more innovation and competition. But only in the RSS market circumstances, such a bright future will become a reality. That is why I have heard this argument will be very angry "RSS is dead". RSS provides an open, allow the site to send information to applications and services, it is really very important. Say that it is not important, it will only be a disservice to the entire Internet and network networking users.
Close Google Reader is not equal to close the open web. But we should not open web for granted, we should fight for it; RSS is an integral part of the open web, we should fight to RSS.