In my opinion, this is a sad decision. Opera simply gives up the creativity on designing a better one.
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Opera to use Firefox's RSS icon
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Opera to use Firefox's RSS icon
by Antony » Fri 17 Feb, 2006 8:32 pm
According to this Opera Desktop Team blog, Opera is to use the same feed icon that was designed by Mozilla Firefox, and adopted by Microsoft (IE7).
In my opinion, this is a sad decision. Opera simply gives up the creativity on designing a better one.
In my opinion, this is a sad decision. Opera simply gives up the creativity on designing a better one.
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by Pu7o » Fri 17 Feb, 2006 8:51 pm
I find it to be a good idea. With IE, Firefox, and Opera all using the same icon, there is less confusion for the end user.
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by DJGM » Fri 17 Feb, 2006 9:28 pm
I agree. Since Microsoft have adopted the RSS icon used in Firefox, to use in Internet Explorer 7, as part
of a mutual agreement with the Mozilla Foundation, it makes perfect sense for Opera to follow suit, as
opposed to creating and using their own icon to indicate when a website has RSS feeds available.
That little orange and white icon could eventually become the default icon for all internet browsers that
havebuilt-in support for RSS feeds, so congratulations to Mozilla for possibly creating a new standard.
of a mutual agreement with the Mozilla Foundation, it makes perfect sense for Opera to follow suit, as
opposed to creating and using their own icon to indicate when a website has RSS feeds available.
That little orange and white icon could eventually become the default icon for all internet browsers that
havebuilt-in support for RSS feeds, so congratulations to Mozilla for possibly creating a new standard.
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by Antony » Fri 17 Feb, 2006 10:31 pm
I believe this one, 
, looks better.
And I hope websites won't follow the same icon on their webpages.
, looks better.
And I hope websites won't follow the same icon on their webpages.
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by Pu7o » Fri 17 Feb, 2006 10:36 pm
You only say that because Safari uses that icon. If Safari had used the Firefox icon, you would say that Opera did the right thing, OR you would say that they were copying Apple 
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