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1. David Megginson (david_megginson@mstdn.ca)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 21:58:51 JST David Megginson

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   • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

   @rysiek I agree, although the bar for using an addon is much lower than for sending a pull request to a source-code repo. I just don't think there are enough of us right now who want to discover an RSS feed while browsing a web page — most people seem to rely on the search inside feed readers (which is its own problem).

   • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 21:58:51 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

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     @david_megginson how can people want that if they don't even know that's an option? Not many people know what an RSS/Atom feed even is.

     Having them signaled directly in the browser would make people learn about RSS/Atom in general. Which in turn would perhaps lead people to question the apparent orthodoxy of following publications only on social media.

     Which in turn could lead to a more healthy Web. Which is something Mozilla at least pretends to care about.

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   • David Megginson (david_megginson@mstdn.ca)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 21:58:53 JST David Megginson

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     • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

     @rysiek Also also Firefox: We allow addons, even in mobile, so …

     https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=rss

     #Firefox #RSS #tech

   • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 21:58:53 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

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     @david_megginson yes, and it's open source so I can patch it myself. 🤷♀️

     Defaults matter.

   • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 21:58:54 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

     Firefox: We're removing the :rss: button completely, it clutters the interface

     Also Firefox: <adds pocket and half a dozen other random buttons nobody wants on the toolbar>