What the heck is a feed reader?
You may already be using a form of feed reader, and not even realize it. If you use personalized home page services like My Yahoo or My MSN, you’ve got RSS capabilities built in. That’s how syndicated content like news, weather and stock quotes appears on your personal page. You can also add content from any blog or other site that uses RSS to provide updates. Other web-based tools are primarily dedicated to feed reading only. One of the most popular web-based feed readers is Bloglines, and it’s also free and easy to get started with. If you use the Firefox browser, you can also receive RSS feeds from your tool bar by using the Live Bookmarks function. The new version of Internet Explorer has this feature as well. Finally, there are desktop-based feed readers. These function somewhat like an email program for feeds. Examples include Newsgator and Feed Demon. If it sounds complicated, it’s really not. And things are getting even easier. So, with RSS you have the same convenience that em
