how many of you use RSS?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

is it really that useful?

 

[rh71]

I haven't found anything to care that much about.

 

[meltdown75]

i don't know what it is / does but i've heard of it

 

[nobody554]

I only use it in downloading netcasts or podcasts (or whatever the socially appropriate name is now). Other than that, no.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i don't know what it is / does but i've heard of it

that falls under i don't know what it is.

 

[E equals MC2]

I have an impression of what I THINK it is. Can you verify?

RSS is something like the content of the sites can be sent outside of the web (like a news/blog entry)... so it can be received directly to your MS Outlook.

From Outlook, you can view snippets of all these sites' new content (RSS feeds) without having to visit each one of them.

Am I right?

 

[Vehemence]

I use FeedDemon as my RSS program with a good assortment of feeds...love it.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: rh71
I haven't found anything to care that much about.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: E equals MC2
I have an impression of what I THINK it is. Can you verify?

RSS is something like the content of the sites can be sent outside of the web (like a news/blog entry)... so it can be received directly to your MS Outlook.

From Outlook, you can view snippets of all these sites' new content (RSS feeds) without having to visit each one of them.

Am I right?

the idea is right Andy, but i personally would use google as the reader.
then again, i use google for almost everything.

 

[jonks]

"Push" tech failed in browsers and it's not much better in this format either.

 

[yllus]

I use it for podcasts, mainly, but also to keep up with new content on a variety of different websites using Firefox's "Bookmarks Toolbar" feature. Very handy.

 

[J]

Yes i use bloglines everyday.

 

[CJZ]

Like most others, the only thing I find RSS useful for is keeping track of podcasts.

 

[tw1164]

I have about 30 different feeds I read everyday.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i don't know what it is / does but i've heard of it

that falls under i don't know what it is.

yeah that's what i voted. thx

 

[Modeps]

I'm surprised that such a technology based community isnt more into RSS.

 

[OutHouse]

nope, not useful to me.

 

[ElFenix]

i've got RSS for slickdeals and techbargains on the sidebar.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: Modeps
I'm surprised that such a technology based community isnt more into RSS.

Meh. I used to have RSS for ESPN news stories, but then I realized that I'd rather just go to ESPN and see what's new.

 

[bearxor]

I would use it if I could find a good OS X reader. Most of them want to run in the Dashboard... Dashboard is useless to me. I actually prefer Vista's sidebar and had toyed with keeping it running inside OS X through Fusion but it was just ugly because of no Aero. Any good OS X RSS readers that have "Always on Top" options?

 

[w3stfa11]

iGoogle FTW. I use it everyday.

 

[JetBlack69]

Originally posted by: w3stfa11
iGoogle FTW. I use it everyday.

Exactly

 

[Shawn]

seems pretty pointless to me.

 

[arkcom]

I use iGoogle:
Facebook
Fatwallet
Forbes
Woot
Dailytech
Weather

 

[0roo0roo]

podcasts, and a few websites i keep an rrs tab on the bookmark toolbar on firefox.
drop down menu on each is a quick way to see if a site has new content i want to look at