December 06, 2005
Putting Added 'Friendly' in Browser Friendly
A quick note, live from the FeedBurner factory floor. We just released an update to our popular BrowserFriendly feed display service that adds some neat new benefits for publishers, podcasters and most importantly, their potential subscribers out there in the wild, knocking about, yearning for a brighter future. Here's the short list:
- Favorite Reader Saver: BrowserFriendly will automatically save a subscriber's choice of news reader or web aggregator; this selection will be offered as the default "Subscribe now!" choice any time they view another FeedBurner feed. (Plus, we save a different selection for podcasts versus regular feeds, and you can always alter these settings later if you change your mind.) It's a tiny little time-saver, but they do add up.
- A cleaner layout: More of your feed content should be visible without scrolling (especially once Reader Saver is enabled). If your feed includes a logo image, we still display that at the top of the page — presenting your feed's complete content always matters to us!
- Improved podcast support: Both new themes display links to podcast media enclosures so that users can preview any audio or video content with just one click.
This design refresh might make you ask, “when-o-when will FeedBurner offer me the ability to display feeds using my own custom-designed templates?” The answer is that we do plan to offer this capability after we get some other exciting short-term projects completed. As the TV message used to say when Carson went to commercial, “More to Come.”
Publisher and subscriber feedback about this update is most welcome; please let us know using our Support Forums, adding a comment on this blog post, or by contacting us directly.
Comments
WOW! Browser Preference is awesome and will make subscribing to feeds one step easier! Nice job.
Don't forget to add the Pluck and Google chicklets to the Chicklet Chooser!
You got it, Mitch. We'll get 'em up there with the next regular site update.
Any thoughts on integratng the Firefox/Microsoft feed icon to the feedburner chicklets. Seems destined to be the standard.
Hello,
Our Chicklet Chooser service now features the new feed icon; it's available today. We agree -- it should be destined for standard status!
It was an interesting additon to the site. I look forward to the changes and hope that the good work continues.
