Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Macromedia boosts blog aggregator

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May 18, 20051 min

Macromedia is enhancing its blog technology, which unites blogs pertaining to the vendor. But it is uncertain at this point whether the technology now being used in-house will be released for commercial purposes.

The Macromedia XML News Aggregator rounds up Macromedia-related blogs. New features added lately include a “smart categories” function to group content based on categories and a Reports capability adding business intelligence. Users can make queries such as asking what has been the most popular post of the week. Support for non-English blogs also has been added, according to Macromedia.

A previous iteration of the technology was made available as part of the company’s developer resource kit. But Macromedia is not certain if it will commercialize the latest version of XML News Aggregator for use outside of the company, said Mike Chambers, senior product manager for developer relations at Macromedia.

“We’re open to making it available in the future but that’s not anything we’ve decided on yet,” Chambers said.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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