RSS feeds question

[Matt Alexander]

Kevin wrote:
> On 12/10/05 9:46 PM, "Alan Dayley" <alandd at consultpros.com> wrote:
>   
>> 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?
>>     
>
> There's probably an easier way, but here's what I did in Firefox 1.0.7.  I
> right clicked the RSS 2.0 icon and selected "Copy Link Location".  I went to
> the Firefox Bookmarks menu and selected "Manage Bookmarks".  I then selected
> "New Live Bookmark" from the File menu.  I pasted in the URL and named it
> PLUG.  Now I have a bookmark named PLUG that is actually a menu populated
> with the PLUG news items.
>
> ...Kevin
>
>
>   

Yep, this is handy for sites like Slashdot.  You can have a live 
bookmark in your personal toolbar and click on it to see the current 
slashvertisements, I mean, umm, articles.
~M