RSS feeds question

[JD Austin]

Alan Dayley wrote:

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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.
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>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?
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>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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RSS feeds are just xml.  They allow for easy content swapping between sites.
Here for example is my news page that incorporates content from RSS Feeds:
http://www.twingeckos.com/TG/content/view/102/109/

As far as Firefox, there are extensions you can use to read them, here 
is one:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=424&application=firefox
Netscape comes with a sidebar/etc to view them.

JD

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