XOXO vs OPML?? Criticism
I read a post earlier today from Vecosys that mentioned a new microformat XOXO (new as in I hadn’t heard of it yet). I think microformats are a valuable tool so I like to read up when I hear of new developments.
So I went to a few places:
After all that searching I am uncertain of the value of XOXO. However, I am hopeful this is a result of poor communication. The content feels too geeky, and any ‘value’ statements are completely absent.
Whenever I read about new technologies I always like to talk about how they apply to businesses, where the value is, costs, etc. With the information available on XOXO it just requires much ‘geekier’ person than I to communicate the value as I just don’t see it.
Celik I encourage you to assign someone to this section and clear up or add some documentation that is less tech talk and more user/business/application talk. Oh and one last thing, the XOXO blog is horrific to experience. I would be embarrassed to show or refer to it in a professional context.
Just my thoughts.
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You're right, it is horrific, and I have to say that if I really wanted to know more about XOXO, this would instantly put me off and I'd go elsewhere. In fact, I stood it for about 10 seconds before feeling ill.
It's amazing what bad design can do to really put people off (potentially) good content. Sadly, it does nothing for their credibility!
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I am glad to see you agree as you are more knowledgeable about design issues.
Hope you are having a great week.
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This comment isn't relevant to your post, I'm afraid. Just to say it was great to see you this afternoon, and I've now subscribed to your blog. I'm just bowled over by how much you're doing on here. Most of it is way over my head but I will read up more, through your links and so on, until I start to get the hang of all this new language.
See you again soon, hopefully,
Jane
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Good to have you aboard.
If you have any questions feel free to ask them in the comments as I am always involved in any of the conversations taking place on my site.
Roger
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1) I am not officially connected to microformats.org
2) I suck at design, but, at user request, have redesigned my blog three times. If you have any design ideas that make sense I'd be more than happy to try again.
3) Most of the XOXO information available is geeky because it is a geeky subject. When I first looked up OPML I couldn't even figure out what it was, because of geekiness. Same went with XOXO. Once I saw both of them at work in a feedreader, however, I was hooked.
For something on this, see http://blogxoxo.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-is-reading-list.html
(apologies if you still can't stand my design!)
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