870296 - Handle RSS/Atom feeds in some way

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: General, defect, P1)

Description

[sync-1]

AU_LINUX_GECKO_ICS_STRAWBERRY_V1.01.00.01.019.094
 Firefox os  v1.0.1
 Mozilla build ID:20130502070201
 
 +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #451445 +++
 
 DEFECT DESCRIPTION:
 [DT][Browser]Device is unable to render RSS feeds properly
 
  REPRODUCING PROCEDURES:
 １.go to www.engadget.com and click on RSS feed icon to subscribe).
 ２.the RSS feed is displayed in plain XML source code instead of being rendered properly－－－ＫＯ
 
  EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR:
 Browser provides a mechanism to subscribe to RSS feeds and view them accordingly.
 
  ASSOCIATE SPECIFICATION:
 
  TEST PLAN REFERENCE:
 
  TOOLS AND PLATFORMS USED:
 
  USER IMPACT:Customers can neither subscribe to RSS feeds nor even view them properly.
 
  REPRODUCING RATE:５／５
 
  For FT PR, Please list reference mobile's behavior:
 
 ++++++++++ end of initial bug #451445 description ++++++++++

Comment 1

[sync-1]

Clone from brother

Comment 2

[sync-1]

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Clone from brother

Comment 3

[Ben Francis [:benfrancis]]

There is no "proper" way to view RSS feeds, they are just data. Firefox for Android and Chrome for Android behave in the same way.

We could explore adding a rendered view of RSS feeds for Firefox OS in Gecko, or some kind of "subscribe" web activity to subscribe to RSS feeds triggered for a particular MIME type, but they would be new features.

Comment 4

[Daniel Coloma:dcoloma]

This should not block 1.0.1

Comment 5

[Lukas Blakk [:lsblakk] use ?needinfo]

Agreed - way OOS for v1.0.1

Comment 6

[Ben Francis [:benfrancis]]

User story: As a user, when I click on an RSS/Atom feed I would like to see a rendered view of that feed with an option to subscribe to it

Similar to what you see in desktop Firefox.

The "subscribe" button could fire a web activity.

Comment 7

[Mounir Lamouri (:mounir)]

(In reply to Ben Francis [:benfrancis] from comment #6)
> User story: As a user, when I click on an RSS/Atom feed I would like to see
> a rendered view of that feed with an option to subscribe to it
> 
> Similar to what you see in desktop Firefox.
> 
> The "subscribe" button could fire a web activity.

Ben, I would be interested to know how this is handled by Android. Is there a specific Intent for that or is it a simple "view" Intent on a RSS feed?

Comment 8

[Ben Francis [:benfrancis]]

(In reply to Mounir Lamouri (:mounir) from comment #7)
> Ben, I would be interested to know how this is handled by Android. Is there
> a specific Intent for that or is it a simple "view" Intent on a RSS feed?

Neither Chrome or Firefox on Android have a rendered RSS view with a subscribe button as far as I can tell, but this StackOverflow post[1] seems to indicate that Google Reader and Google Listen use(d) a VIEW intent to open the RSS feed. I'm not sure how this intent gets fired, perhaps the browser fires it silently when you visit a file with one of the matching MIME types.

So yes, perhaps a VIEW activity would be more appropriate.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4901662/how-to-open-my-android-app-when-rss-link-is-opened-in-browser

Comment 9

[Ben Francis [:benfrancis]]

Actually thinking about it, that sounds like a better solution than building the rendered view with a button into Gecko. Fire a view activity which can be consumed by an RSS reader app.

That might make this a duplicate of bug 830203 depending on what the behaviour there is defined to be.

Comment 10

[clwu]

we need fix it on v1.1
thanks.

Comment 11

[Amelie Kong]

As required by Shira, this should be supported in V1.1
I mark it as leo?

Comment 12

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Amelie Kong from comment #11)
> As required by Shira, this should be supported in V1.1
> I mark it as leo?

It's too late to take this into 1.1 at this point. We cannot take any features into scope this late in the game.

Comment 13

[Wayne Chang [:wchang]]

Triage - leo-'ing as a feature request.
Bumping to koi? for attention.

Comment 14

[Joe Cheng [:jcheng] (please needinfo)]

ni? Karen for consideration

Comment 15

[Karen Rudnitski [:kar]]

Why is this required for 1.2? It wasn't scoped out as a must-have feature and wasn't highlighted on my radar either (when coming into 1.2 half-way through).

Comment 16

[Joe Cheng [:jcheng] (please needinfo)]

it's for you to take this bug into your backlog and prioritize it as your team sees fit :)

Comment 17

[Karen Rudnitski [:kar]]

Considering I have no compelling requirement to prioritize into the 1.3 feature set, this is something that can be considered for 1.4 (and I have added this item to my list for consideration in that timeframe).

Comment 18

[Preeti Raghunath(:Preeti)]

per comment 17 moved to 1.3.

Comment 19

[bhavana bajaj [:bajaj]]

Based on the recent comments setting the 1.3? flag here as a place-holder

Comment 20

[Karen Rudnitski [:kar]]

Note: to set correct expectations, it is not a priority for 1.3 so will be considered for 1.4.

Comment 21

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

This isn't happening anytime soon for any target release, so I'm clearing the nom.

Comment 22

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on