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Programming with love

Thursday, March 08, 2007 by Dave Winer.

With all the talk about My.Yahoo today, I happened to trip across another app on Yahoo that is so much nicer than anything like it I've seen. It didn't get big headlines today, maybe it was announced some time ago and I missed it, maybe not.  Permalink to this paragraph

Their stock analysis tool is beautifully crafted, very usable. Permalink to this paragraph

A picture named finance.gif Permalink to this paragraph

I think the problem with browser-based RSS software is that the people who write the apps aren't news junkies. If they were, they could, with much less effort, create something far more powerful and far more usable.  Permalink to this paragraph

When Steve Rubel says they've abandoned the geeks this is what I imagine he's saying. There are people who hook up to news intravenously. Make news software for them, and magically, it will work for everyone else too. That's the time-tested way to make software.  Permalink to this paragraph

It really isn't so hard. Find a programmer who lives for news. Permalink to this paragraph



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