RE: The Death of RSS? Again?

The entire "social web" (it's all back to being just the web now, isn't it?) uses RSS to talk in the background. The only beef I ever had with RSS wasn't the technology itself. I feel that the browsers have been very lazy integrating it-- I shouldn't have to touch it any more than I have to touch HTML. I believe in a world where if there's an RSS feed, my browser should magically know and give me some kind of button about it in my toolbar to decline if I don't want it.

And to find a smooth and subtle way to notify me if there are new items in my favorite categories. The browsers have failed with RSS the same way they've failed with bookmarking. I love Google Reader but I wish it wasn't *necessary*.