RSS and WAP - another RSS question

[Dave Winer]

Sure, I'll take a stab at it.

See the commercials on TV for wireless phones that double as web browsers?

Not much room in that space. Room for one headline and perhaps a channel
name.

Flip thru a dozen or so stories, queued up, see one that tweaks you, find a
real web browser and view the same page in all its HTML glory, same stories,
banner ads, etc.

I'm not that wired myself, I have a circa 1996 cellphone, no beeper, no fax.

But you see the cellphone people everywhere.

Anyway, I don't know what Sean has in mind, but this seems like a no-brainer
app for RSS, or something doing pretty much the same thing. (Reinvented
wheels.)

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa Rein <lisarein at finetuning.com>
To: <xml-dev at ic.ac.uk>
Cc: Sean Mc Grath <digitome at iol.ie>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: RSS and WAP - another RSS question


> Sean Mc Grath wrote:
> >
> > Anybody know of any work afoot to extend RSS for use
> > with display challenged devices such as first generation
> > WAP phones?
> >
> > regards,
> >
>
>
> In this same vein, while you're at it (nice person who is going to
> answer the question), could you also explain why anyone would NEED this
> service (WAP/RSS), and, if possible, the practical usefulness of RSS in
> general (if any).
>
> I'm having trouble understanding why or if RSS even matters (despite its
> apparent level of widespread adoption) and am trying to determine its
> level of inclusion in my books/classes.
>
> thanks,
>
> lisa
>
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