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Whats RSS and what software is available for reading RSS feeds?

April 26, 2017feeds Reading RSS Software

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Whats RSS and what software is available for reading RSS feeds?

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RSS feeds are a way to pull information from websites so you don’t have to check for site updates by hand. AMS’ MathSciNet has RSS feeds for many journals. The Firefox web browser has a ‘live bookmark’ feature that understands RSS, but you still have to remember to check the live bookmark. The Thunderbird email client can gather RSS feeds for you automatically. By default, feeds are polled each 100 minutes and shouldn’t be set below 60 minutes (lest the RSS web server become overloaded). Thunderbird is available for Fedora Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and other unixes; various RSS software is available for different operating systems. Create a new account folder for RSS feeds • Add new Account (File > New > Account…) • Select “RSS News & Blogs” • Optionally change name from “News & Blogs” A new globe icon should appear with the label “News & BLogs” Add an RSS feed to the account • Right click on the label “News & Blogs” • Select “Manage Subscriptions…” from the menu. • On the window th