> Safari always sends the Atom feed link to Shrook. Perhaps it always sends the
> first one it encounters?
>
> At any rate, this isn't a very smooth user experience.
This is the behavior prescribed by the autodiscovery spec. Safari also
happens to prefer Atom whenever it finds it, regardless of which is
listed first.
<http://www.livejournal.com/users/giant_moose/17395.html?thread=65267#t65267>
"Warning: There is all kinds of crazy politics about RSS and Atom.
Atom wouldn't really be necessary if RSS weren't the most fucked-up
data format in the universe"
>
> I can see a few ways out of this (in rough order of desirability);
>
> * Have some sort of negotiation protocol between Safari and aggregators that it
> dispatches to (ideally based upon media types)
It would be easier to write an Atom parser for the aggregator dev, and
users would require an upgrade in both cases.
> * Have a preference regarding what kind of feeds you want to send the aggregator
Eh.
> * Have separate icons in the location bar for RSS and Atom
Ew. Wouldn't you need at least three icons? :)
Robert Sayre
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