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Apple Breaks RSS with Photocasting

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-where-you're-putting-those-tags dept.

Barry Norton writes "VNUNet reports that the Photocasting feature in Apple's iPhoto application violates core XML and RSS standards. Perhaps the worst part is that, in many cases, this isn't even a case of 'embrace and extend', but just plain doing it wrong. Dave Winer, essentially the creator of RSS, says, 'It's pretty bad. There are lots of errors, the date formats are wrong, there are elements that are not in RSS that aren't in a namespace.'"

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  1. But... by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought Apple could do no wrong? Oh that's right, they are still just another corporation after all. Accept things for as they are, not as you would have them.

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  2. Microsoft to the rescue? by caluml · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps Microsoft can send them a few developers to help out? Together, I'm sure they can really mess it all up :)

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  3. Do it right baby, yeah! by digitaldc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps the worst part is that, in many cases, this isn't even a case of 'embrace and extend', but just plain doing it wrong.

    Maybe someone should send them a copy of 'The Joy of Sex?'

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  4. one word... by pvt_medic · · Score: 2, Funny

    OOPS

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  5. Re:RSS Validation Utility? by GoodOmens · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well I'm going to lose some sleep tonight over this :-(

  6. Re:Apple by greginnj · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was about to compliment you for your metric conversion, then decided to see for myself to guess at your source, but...

    800 pounds = 362.873896 kilograms

    Correct to 6 decimal places is funny; being off by more than 3 kg isn't... Use the power of Google, people!

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  7. We're Apple by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 2, Funny
    this isn't even a case of 'embrace and extend', but just plain doing it wrong.

    Hey, we're Apple! Whatever we do is by definition Right. Now go change the standard to conform.

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  8. Re:Instead of assuming the worst... by beakerMeep · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've always liked the collective-chicken-flailing thing. Meh, to each his own I guess. You go on and be rational if that suits you.

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  9. brain cell misfire: add more caffeine, try again. by kris_lang · · Score: 5, Funny

    damn, i used my brain cells with 2.2 pounds ~ 1.0 Kg,
    so that made it 800 lbs / 2.2 or kinda 400 / 1.1,
    1 over 11 is 9.090909..., so its 360+3.6+.36, so oops
    I erred in my head, I should have had 363.(63)* repeating, which would have been DAMN closer. Damn the power of brainware. Who taught this AI system??? But hey, it was just a side-bar in a comment, and close enough is close enough for a commentary. It's not like I was scheduling a fly-by for Saturn's moons or anything.

    Or perhaps Apple's diet made it a little leaner, yeah, yeah, that's the ticket. I was commenting on how it STILL is not quite a complete 800 lb gorilla. Yeah, that's what I meant!

  10. New Standard by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's all call it "Apple Simple Syndication (ASS)" and see what happens.

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  11. Crackers and cheese, anyone? by kronocide · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It's pretty bad. There are lots of errors, the date formats are wrong, there are elements that are not in RSS that aren't in a namespace," said Winer.

  12. Nooo! by zqad · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why did you betray us Steve? We used to read that specification together..

  13. Re:Wow, a 1.0 release is buggy? This has never hap by Tim+Browse · · Score: 2, Funny
    Open Source software avoids this by staying below 1.0 for a decade.

    Oh, please. Pre-1.0 is so last millennium. Beta is the new hotness now.

    It's Web 2.0 baby - get on the bus!

  14. Re:Wow, a 1.0 release is buggy? This has never hap by I+Like+Pudding · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, I think you're getting things confused. According to the article title, Apple broke all the RSS. Everywhere. That blogosphere you've been hearing so much about? Gone.

    Thank God. The insufferable blogwords were blogging me off blogtime. Fuck that Smurf talk, man.