Firefox RSS

Here's an easy way to get started into the world of RSS. If you are using firefox then when you are looking at a site with an RSS feed (such as the one you are viewing right now) then at the bottom right hand corner of the browser there will be a little orange icon. If you are interested in reading the page on a regular basis click on the orange icon and then a gray box will pop up - click on any of the options (there will probably only be one option) then a little dialog box will come up where you can give the book mark a name (such as David's Blog) and then when it says create in you can pick where ever you want, but I suggest picking Bookmarks Toolbar Folder. After that near the top of the browser window (where your bookmarks are) click on the bookmark you just created and there should be a drop down list of the recent posts. Warning it is just a set number of posts, unlike other RSS readers, it does not know what was the last post you read. So if the whole list is new to you, you might want to go to the page to see if there were some posts you missed.

Another good example of where to use this is if you go to craigslist and pick say furniture in your area you can do the same thing and then you can keep an eye on what people in your area are selling.

Many news sites and other blogs also provide this service (RSS).