16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising firing a template received event to said at least one service other than said data feed upon receipt of said template by said local device.
13. A method for providing a feed control, comprising: determining a data feed to be displayed to a local user, said data feed made up of a plurality of entries; determining a template defining a format and appearance of one of said entries in said data feed; loading said template from a template source; loading said data feed onto a local device from a data feed source; applying said template to each of said plurality of entries; firing an entry formatted event to at least one service other than said data feed, after each of said entries is formatted based on said template, wherein said at least one service other than said data feed adds at least one display object to each of said entries; and displaying said plurality of entries to said local user.