IE 7 and RSS Love

October 18th, 2006

Internet Explorer 7 is set to release soon (Yahoo in fact has already made an announcement).  The two hottest features: tabbed browsing and RSS!!!  This is a brilliant thing for RSS and widespread consumer adoption.

The release of IE7 is monumental for the RSS space; Mike Arrington doesn’t think so (see his quote below), but I do!

“Many people have said that RSS in IE7 will mean an explosion of RSS reading amongst non-technical users. I am not so sure that’s the case at all, but more on that later.”

There are several groups I am involved in outside of work that are technology related.  One of those groups is the Boulder .NET User Group.  I recently asked the group (ALL DEVELOPERS MIND YOU) who knew what RSS was…. The answer was less than 10%.  Wow! That just blew me away and this theme carries across all my groups.  Ask non-technical folks what RSS is and they will likely have no clue.

So, as more and more folks discover the power of RSS thru IE 7, they will search out the best of bread aggregators for all their appliances… this will also be good for NewsGator.  And of course, these folks will want RSS on their devices - and NewsGator Go! will fit the bill!
 
Right on IE7.  Give it a go – I have been using the beta for months and just love it!

UPDATE: Dean Hachamovitch announced the release of IE 7 today.  Way to go IE 7 team!

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