FeedDemon and the feed:// protocol
Shoehorning a MIME type into the protocol section of a URI does not a solution make.

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Feed "Playlists" versus feed:// URLs
Excerpt: Then, this is the point in the cycle where I remember that the real lesson of the past to learn from is from MP3 playlists, where a link needs to pass one or more URLs to a helper app, and...
Weblog: 0xDECAFBAD Blog
Tracked: January 13, 2005 12:22 PM
Feed "Playlists" versus feed:// URLs
Excerpt: Feed playlists. Name it something like `feeds.fss`, and register applications to handle that extension. Give it a MIME-type, and handle that too. Sounds just like M3U and PLS files, to me. Someone tell me why this is a dumb idea.
Weblog: 0xDECAFBAD Blog
Tracked: January 13, 2005 06:39 PM
Precendence for feed Pseudo-Protocol
Excerpt: The feed:// scheme I do not like this ugly hack as I have mentioned this before. But,...
Weblog: Alpha-Geek.com
Tracked: January 28, 2005 08:34 PM

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