Brian Peddle said on September 2, 2003 at 01:20 PM

I have seen cases being made for RSS newsletters over traditional email newsletters all over the place.  What I think people are failing to see is that the majority of internet users do not know what RSS is.  Using email is a chore for some people let alone explaining to them that they need to download a new application to read their favorite online newsletter. 

Right now having an option for one or the other is nice, but outside of the technology content sites I can’t imagine this will take off anytime soon for the masses.  As someone who develops websites I still have to consider people who are using a browser which is 5 years old.  How can anyone expect someone to wrap themselves around this concept?  I hate to say it but until MS Outlook includes an RSS reader in it, it won’t become a mainstream option.

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