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  • Dark Tangent
    The Dark Tangent
    • Sep 2001
    • 2732
    #1

    Is RSS / ATOM still a thing?

    In trying to debug the RSS issue on forums, where you can pick the little orange RSS feed button to follow a forum or sub-forum, we quickly realized no browsers include an RSS reader anymore!

    Firefox had one, as did IE. Now FF and Edge and TBB doesn't know how to parse them. iOS wants you to open them in "news" but then fails.

    Is RSS even a thing anymore for users? Or is it now just used in automation? What replaced it?
    PGP Key: https://defcon.org/html/links/dtangent.html
    Tags: rss, xml
    • loopback
      Member
      • Apr 2019
      • 5
      #2
      While the browsers don't have them anymore. I still bounce between RSS applications on my phone + computer. Sadly you probably are right, it is dying with the centralized web.

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        • Dark Tangent
          The Dark Tangent
          • Sep 2001
          • 2732
          #3
          What reader do you suggest for FireFox or external? Something popular that would represent what someone might use to follow a sub forum or thread with.
          PGP Key: https://defcon.org/html/links/dtangent.html

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            • ALF(himself)
              Dutchland native
              • May 2019
              • 2
              #4
              Feedly works fine for me.
              Let's keep the Dumbfuckery to a minimum today.

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                • ironfeather`
                  zinester
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 73
                  #5
                  I collect interesting RSS feeds for my CMS to share info & content, for example : https://nandalow.com/noch/index.php?page=japan which is a collection of Japan related newsfeeds.
                  If there is a defcon feed I will add it to my site .

                  update: added it to my new blog: example of the forum.defcon.org rss feed over on the right down a bit...
                  https://ironfeather.com/index.php?page=blog
                  Last edited by ironfeather`; May 9, 2019, 05:25.
                  IronFeather Journals : https://ironfeather.com/index.php?page=zine

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                    • Dark Tangent
                      #5.1
                      Dark Tangent commented
                      May 9, 2019, 05:42
                      Editing a comment
                      Hey! Is that you? Great to hear from you!

                      I'm going to play with Feedly and see how subscribing to different forums end up looking.
                      • ironfeather`
                        #5.2
                        ironfeather` commented
                        May 9, 2019, 14:35
                        Editing a comment
                        yeppers, phun to be back. by the way i tried Niseko ski action, it is awesome. feel welcome this winter.
                      • ironfeather`
                        zinester
                        • Dec 2002
                        • 73
                        #6
                        Howdy,

                        very low priority question;

                        Recently the RSS feed at
                        https://forum.defcon.org/external?type=rss2&nodeid=2

                        stopped working,

                        looks like more forum specific feeds are ok
                        example
                        https://forum.defcon.org/external?ty...&nodeid=242690 works good.

                        Does an overall general feed still exist? perhaps renamed?

                        cheers and wish everyone a kik azz summer!

                        stevyn





                        IronFeather Journals : https://ironfeather.com/index.php?page=zine

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                          • number6
                            404 Image not found
                            • Apr 2019
                            • 2172
                            #7
                            Originally posted by ironfeather`
                            Howdy,

                            very low priority question;

                            Recently the RSS feed at
                            https://forum.defcon.org/external?type=rss2&nodeid=2

                            stopped working,

                            looks like more forum specific feeds are ok
                            example
                            https://forum.defcon.org/external?ty...&nodeid=242690 works good.

                            Does an overall general feed still exist? perhaps renamed?

                            cheers and wish everyone a kik azz summer!

                            stevyn

                            It is strange and hit-or miss for node=2.
                            It is affected by types of rss2 and rss1 but does not seem to impact xml or js or rss
                            If your software can support RS version 0.9x try changing the URL to https://forum.defcon.org/external?type=rss&nodeid=2 and see if that works.
                            I've not been able to diagnose the cause for this, but st least you may have a work-around.

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