Do you RSS?

[Rik]

I've dabbled with RSS feeds over the years, but I usually find that they overwhelm me with too much information on too broad a front. About the only useful one is the IDNet usage/network status information.

What have your experiences with RSS been like?

[Inactive]

Never used them Rik.

[madasahatter]

Me neither - am I missing out on something really good?

[Simon]

Me neither.  Not even the IDNet ones. 

[Rik]

So, given the choice, would you like to see the IDNet info delivered by email instead?

[madasahatter]

What sort of IDNet info is on there Rik? Might give it a go this weekend and have a play

[Rik]

Daily updates on bandwidth usage and total/projection for the month (3 feeds/day) plus any network status announcements.

[madasahatter]

Ah rite - up to now I've just logged in to the customer portal every few days for that info. The only thing I do tend to log in for to be honest.

Not sure if I'd want an e-mail every day to be honest.

[Simon]

We already get notification of maintenance emails (as of recently), and I wouldn't want daily info, as it would soon become tiresome.  I think email notifications of approaching bandwidth limit is enough.

[Rik]

I find it useful, not so much on bandwidth as on receiving alerts automatically to any network issues.

[Noreen]

Never used RSS, Rik. I don't really bother about usage, on the few occasions when I've checked it I'm nowhere near the limit. 

[Si]

I do use a few RSS feeds - IDNet, BBC News, one or two blogs. I use Firefox's Live Bookmarks, though, rather than a feed reader and it's mainly just for headline style or "now updated" type information. I've just started playing with an iGoogle widget for displaying feeds on your Google homepage - currently working well for the IDNet one.

The main benefits of building a feed into your google homepage is I can check my bandwidth at a glance from any PC anywhere, so I'd like it kept please! There's also the fall back if you are using your own email host and they have a problem then the feed info for service announcements etc is very useful.

[colirv]

What have your experiences with RSS been like?

I only use the IDNet notifications (brilliant) and Hot Deals ( a bit too voluminous but I can't be ar.. bothered to keep looking at the site!).

[Malc]

Never heard of it until I found out about the ID feeds.

Why has Simon got a little phone next to the topic title instead of some pages?

We miss nothing.

[Inactive]

It's his mobile phone connection Malc, posh bugger.. 

[Malc]

So, if I click, it rings his phone, or, is he texting to the forum.

[Inactive]

So, if I click, it rings his phone, or, is he texting to the forum.

Don't ask me anything complicated Malc, you should know better.

[Rik]

So, if I click, it rings his phone, or, is he texting to the forum.

It just indicates that someone is using a phone-based browser, Malc, you can't do anything with the icon, eg call Simon.

[Rik]

I can check my bandwidth at a glance from any PC anywhere, so I'd like it kept please! There's also the fall back if you are using your own email host and they have a problem then the feed info for service announcements etc is very useful.

I don't think anyone's suggesting removing it Simon, I was just curious if people used RSS and, if they only used it for the IDNet info, whether they would find email as/more useful.

[Rik]

From Attensa, it integrates with Firefox, IE and Outlook.

It's free too.

[Malc]

call Simon.

Why? He's done nothing wrong

[Rik]

  

[mogden]

I use RSS a lot, using the iGoogle homepage as an aggregator.

This means on one web page I can have a synposis of all the information from the various sources that interest me, plus my calendar, even (via xfruits) my email as a feed.

I also use RSSRadio as a collector for Podcasts I am interested in.

Can I keep my Geek badge? 

[Rik]

Yes, I think that fully qualifies you Matt.

[Simon]

The mobile phone icons only seems to work with Sony Ericsson phones, and I don't have full forum facilities, so I can read threads and post, but that's about it.  Can't edit posts, so any errors have to stay there till I get home.