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= Introduction =
The '''feed handling''' capabilities of Firefox 1.x are limited to locating feeds advertised by sites in <link> tags and offering to add them as "Live Bookmarks". This is useful to some but not all, as there are many other specialized RSS aggregators, client applications and web services. These are not served by this UI. Also, clicking on links to feeds on web pages usually results in garbage (raw, unstyled XML) being displayed.


Better RSS feed discovery, preview and management. This is the project page for the design and implementation of Feed Handling features within the Firefox browser.
== Goals ==


== 2.0 Todo List ==
Make it easy to subscribe to sites so that users can receive updates to them in their favorite reader. Ensure that clicking on links to feeds shows something meaningful.  


=== Common Types UI ===
== 2.0 User Interface Requirements ==


* "Programs" panel for Preferences with Richlistbox of common types, plus a button linking to download actions dialog
* [[Feed Handling/Viewing|Viewing]]
* Decide what this list of common types is
* [[Feed Handling/Subscribing|Subscribing]]
* Decide what the defaults are
* [[Feed Handling/Handlers|Handlers]]
* [[Feed Handling/Configuration|Configuration]]


=== Web Protocol Handler ===
== Design Docs ==


* Write a protocol handler for configuration of types
* [[Feed Handling/Type Determination]]
* Provide a scriptable web page API for registering additional types
* [[Feed Handling/In Page Preview]]
* Provide a confirmation UI for users to see when pages use the above API
* [[Feed Handling/Default Feed Reader]]
* [[Feed Handling/Determining The Handler]]
* [[Feed Handling/Web Handler Registration]]


=== Protocol Handlers ===
== Bugs ==


* Determine what to do with protocol handlers when the browser is and is not the default browser. This may be _complicated_.
This cluster of features is tracked in bugzilla through [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325081 bug 325081]
* Determine how to implement feed:
* UI path for feed: should not differ from UI path for application/rss+xml content load, feed: is merely a way to coerce content-type.  


=== Internal Handlers ===
== 3.0 Features ==


* Preview: pass for now.  
Extend this UI model to all files for which an automated download action is not configured. Include an "Open With..." context menu item on all file links.  
 
=== Downloading UI ===
 
* Add "Open With..." context menu to links that offers UCT dialog/UI experience override for individual files. Also add to the Subscription icon in the URL bar.


== Links ==
== Links ==


* [[Feed Handling:User Interface]] - User Interface design for proposed feature.
* [[Feed Handling:Pretty Printing]]
* [[File Handling]] - long term overall architectural wishlist
* [[File Handling]] - long term overall architectural wishlist
* '''OBSOLETE''' [[Feed Handling:User Interface]] - User Interface design for proposed feature.

Latest revision as of 01:18, 18 August 2006

The feed handling capabilities of Firefox 1.x are limited to locating feeds advertised by sites in <link> tags and offering to add them as "Live Bookmarks". This is useful to some but not all, as there are many other specialized RSS aggregators, client applications and web services. These are not served by this UI. Also, clicking on links to feeds on web pages usually results in garbage (raw, unstyled XML) being displayed.

Goals

Make it easy to subscribe to sites so that users can receive updates to them in their favorite reader. Ensure that clicking on links to feeds shows something meaningful.

2.0 User Interface Requirements

Design Docs

Bugs

This cluster of features is tracked in bugzilla through bug 325081

3.0 Features

Extend this UI model to all files for which an automated download action is not configured. Include an "Open With..." context menu item on all file links.

Links