Death to the orange XML icon

Now that both Microsoft and Mozilla have agreed upon a standard icon for RSS feeds, does that mean we can get rid of the orange XML icon? From a usability standpoint, I've never liked the XML icon, since we don't refer to the feeds as "XML feeds", but I've always used it because it was the most standardized option at the time. So I've taken some initiative and converted my old XML icon to the new square guy. I think it will still be easy enough to find for those people used to scanning pages for the orange XML buttons, and will be more identifiable in the future to people who are introduced to RSS through new versions of IE and Windows.

Update: See, I'm not alone!

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Posted by Mark Allen on Monday, December 19, 2005 Comments (0)