RSS feeds question

[Alan Dayley]

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Most of the time I surf the web with Firefox 1.0.7 but will upgrade
soon.  I don't think the version matters for my question.

The new PLUG website has a box in the lower left of the home page
labeled Syndicate with various RSS-type feed icons in it.  When I click
these icons, Firefox displays raw XML, helpfully informing me that it
has now style information.  Great.  So?

I am behind the times on RSS and Atom feeds so I am confused by this.
What tool does one use to get and read RSS feeds?  Is this not a
Firefox/Browser function?

Alan
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