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title: On RSS and the importance of list handling
date: 2005-06-27T22:12:43Z
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“Manipulating HTML lists is like trying to program with a picture of a computer instead of a real computer – there’s only so much you can do.”

Bill de hOra nails the [potential value of list extensions in RSS](http://www.dehora.net/journal/2005/06/expect_better.html) that _we will all benefit from_. And there was me [wondering what all the fuss was about](http://patricklogan.blogspot.com/2005/06/longhorn-and-rss.html)… (via [KBM](http://kbm.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_kbm_archive.html))