RSS Basics - Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web - page 29

Browser tools: Firefox
Which browser do you use? Depending on which one it is, you may have a
built-in RSS reader. Eventually all the major browsers will have an easy way
to read multiple RSS feeds, but at the moment that's not the case.
If your browser doesn't support RSS feeds, let me introduce you to one that
does: Firefox.
Firefox, which is available at mozilla.com/irefox/, has many advantages: it's
free, it runs on many diferent operating systems, it has extensive RSS sup-
port, and did I mention it's free? Firefox also ofers many diferent “exten-
sions,” which allow you to do even more things with RSS, but let's start with
the basics.
Basic RSS on Firefox
Firefox ofers a feature called a Live Bookmark, which actually contains an
RSS feed that updates periodically. Instead of displaying the entire feed, it
displays a list of links to stories within the RSS feed. For example, when
Firefox visits a site that has an RSS feed it recognizes, it gives you a little
symbol in the address bar, as shown in Figure 2.4.
Click on that link, and you have the option of subscribing to the RSS feed as
a Live Bookmark. he Live Bookmark has a symbol beside it, and displays
a list of feed items when you hold your cursor over it. Figure 2.15 shows a
Live Bookmark for ResearchBuzz. You can click on any of the items to be
taken to the ResearchBuzz story for that item.
Figure 2.15
a Live Bookmark for
ResearchBuzz.