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On using titles on LJ
Jul. 24th, 2004 05:16 pmSome people may have noticed I've started asking people to use titles on their posts. There are some persistent offenders who almost never do. I'm looking at you, Sulston.
Another - hi, Andy - has asked me why.
Well, two reasons, one actual right now, and one potential.
I tend to read LJ in summary view. My FL looks like this.
If you don't put a title on your entry, firstly, I can't tell anything at all about what it is, and secondly, I've got nothing to click on if I do want to have a look.
More theoretically, just as soon as I can find how to extract my FL as an RSS feed, I plan to read LJ using an RSS browser - probably FireFox's RSS Reader extension but subsequently an offline one if I can find one I like.
The ONLY way to see an entry in an RSS feed is by its title. There's nothing else there.
So, if you want anyone reading LJ who isn't using a vanilla flat view in a plain ol' web browser to see your entries, put titles on them. Of course, if you don't want anyone to read your inane wibblings, don't bother!
Another - hi, Andy - has asked me why.
Well, two reasons, one actual right now, and one potential.
I tend to read LJ in summary view. My FL looks like this.
If you don't put a title on your entry, firstly, I can't tell anything at all about what it is, and secondly, I've got nothing to click on if I do want to have a look.
More theoretically, just as soon as I can find how to extract my FL as an RSS feed, I plan to read LJ using an RSS browser - probably FireFox's RSS Reader extension but subsequently an offline one if I can find one I like.
The ONLY way to see an entry in an RSS feed is by its title. There's nothing else there.
So, if you want anyone reading LJ who isn't using a vanilla flat view in a plain ol' web browser to see your entries, put titles on them. Of course, if you don't want anyone to read your inane wibblings, don't bother!
