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The RSS icon was mistaken for the ASS icon

13 pointsby alexissantosabout 11 years ago

2 comments

alexissantosabout 11 years ago
I discovered this bit of gold while penning a history of the RSS icon we all know today: <a href="http://blog.embed.ly/post/85921629116/how-mozilla-changed-the-face-of-rss" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.embed.ly&#x2F;post&#x2F;85921629116&#x2F;how-mozilla-changed-th...</a><p>&quot;and why does the browser say &#x27;ASS&#x27; in the lower right corner is it some new website rating system?&quot; -- Peter on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041022084812/http://dhruba.codewordt.co.uk/blog/2004/09/11/80/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20041022084812&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dhruba.cod...</a>
zo1about 11 years ago
There is no &quot;ASS&quot; icon. What they mean is that the RSS logo looks like it&#x27;s contains &quot;ASS&quot;.<p>Yes, that took me a few minutes to figure out. Just thought I&#x27;d save at least some of you those few minutes.