Re: Feed icon

[Luis Villa <luis villa gmail com>]

On 12/20/05, Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org> wrote:
>
> Hi Luis,
>
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Luis Villa wrote:
>
> > Definitely should do it.
>
> The Newsfeed extension currently uses a stock icon
> (stock/net/stock_hyperlink-toolbar.png, if I'm not mistaken) - wouldn't
> it make sense to request to add the orange feed icon as a stock icon and
> start using it after that?
>
> > That said, see:
> > http://tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/12/18/Orange
> >
> > for why this is only a partial solution.
>
> Yup, maybe the newsfeed extension could have an additional menu item
> (toolbar button???) somewhere to make subscribing to a feed more
> obvious. Currently you have to click on the feed-icon in the
> statusbar.

I'm very tempted to say that the feed subscription button belongs in
the main toolbar, right up with back/forward/stop/etc.

> Maybe GNOME needs a default RSS reader app we could depend on...

It is probably time to consider that. That said, can we get the
optimal level of integration if it is a separate app? I really don't
know; maybe someone on this list who has given the subject more
thought would have an opinion.

Luis