Talk:Feed Handling
I'd like to see a more robust feed API in Firefox. You guys already have a very competent system for subscribing and managing feeds. However, there is no real API to build "feed applications" on top of.
It would be awesome if Firefox internally handled the file store for downloading and parsing feeds, then exposing them through a clean, simple, and uniform API. We can then focus efforts on managing stuff like whether a feed has been updated since last viewed in one core place, instead of pushing complex code up to the view (extension) level.
I've got a few cosmetic ideas... The feed button in the address bar is static, there is no UI response when the mouse passes over the feed icon. Perhaps a effect could be added to indicate that this is a button, perhaps something similar to the effect on the cross button to close a tab.
The other thing I have found annoying, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to determine the address of a feed from the icon... it just gives you the name of the feed. It would be good to perhaps be able to right click on the feed icon to "Copy Feed Location" or something similar..