| I don't claim to be a futurologist or an RSS | | | | especially in niche areas where there isn't as much |
| pioneer but I have been keeping a pretty close | | | | coverage as there is for the mainstream news |
| eye on RSS and how it has been evolving. From | | | | such as Yahoo news and BBC news. There will be |
| what I have seen so far I think I can make some | | | | more smarter services that will be able to mix |
| pretty good predictions about where RSS feeds | | | | you RSS feeds taste so you get exactly the sort |
| are heading. | | | | of news you like to read about. |
| The first prediction is pretty obvious but I think it | | | | My final prediction will be that of how we |
| needs to said. RSS feeds are here to stay and | | | | consume RSS feeds. At the moment there are |
| they are only going to become more popular. This | | | | many RSS readers you can choose from, this will |
| year we have seen the likes of Yahoo pretty | | | | change very soon. I predict there will be only a |
| much integrate RSS into its search and Microsoft | | | | couple of major RSS readers that will emerge, |
| will integrate RSS reading into it new browser and | | | | pretty much like how we now only have two |
| make RSS a part of the next version of | | | | main web browsers. I however wouldn't like to |
| Windows. It won't be long before RSS Google | | | | say whether Microsoft and Mozilla will be the two |
| search appears. | | | | to emerge as dominant, the field is still too new. |
| RSS feeds will see richer content becoming more | | | | Not is all lost for the other players in the RSS |
| common. We already have inclusions in RSS 2.0 | | | | reader market. I see agrowth in the number of |
| that are used for pictures and more frequently | | | | custom readers in the form of widgets. Widgets |
| podcasts. I think we will see an increase in video in | | | | are small lightweight apps that run specific task |
| RSS feeds although due to the bandwidth needed | | | | such as displaying the weathers but in a pretty |
| I think many inclusions will be in the form of | | | | GUI environment. We will see more widgets that |
| torrents. That's right you heard it here first, RSS | | | | take RSS feeds and translate them into graphical |
| readers with integrated support for torrents. | | | | representations, a good example of his would be |
| There will be more and more service based RSS | | | | a weather widget. The weather widget would get |
| feeds such as RSS weather and the delivery of | | | | data from an RSS feed containing weather data |
| lottery results, sports results and other results | | | | and represent this in a graphical format on your |
| reporting RSS services. This is because RSS | | | | screen. |
| feeds are downloaded to your RSS reader and sit | | | | The future truly is bright for RSS and will continue |
| there ready for you to read them, you never | | | | to compliment its older and more mature HTML |
| have to miss the sports results again. | | | | cousin. Now I wonder if anyone has thought about |
| News in RSS feeds will continue to be big | | | | creating a racing tips RSS feed. |