What exactly is RSS and do you use it?

[FearoftheNight]

What is this yellow RSS button i see in my firefox? What is it used for?

 

[JEDIYoda]

russian space station

 

[mobobuff]

Resource Description Framework Site Summary.

It's a way of organizing data in any given page so that it can be transmitted into a summary of links or descriptions. Also a way of obtaining data from websites that can be used in local or web applications to display said data.

That's my understanding of it, anyway. There may be other uses.

 

[tasmanian]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
russian space station

 

[VTHodge]

Check out Bloglines. It has totally changed the way I surf at work.

I've signed up for a bunch of web comics, Engadget, Joystiq, Quotes of the Day, etc. Very easy to use. Give it a try.

 

[Descartes]

First link in Google.

 

[Kaido]

RSS = a way to get updates to sites easily. For example, if you subscribe to the RSS "News" feed at CNN.com, you'll be able to quickly see all of the latest headlines. You can do this with forums, comic websites, news websites, blogs, etc. Rather than having to spend 30 minutes browsing Engadget, Anandtech, Gizmodo, Dailytech, and whatever other sites you frequent, you can just glance at the latest headlines and see if there are any of interested. I use both Firefox and Netvibes. Check out Netvibes here:

http://www.netvibes.com

 

[Quasmo]

I use it with my desktop application, it reads the RSS feeds from gizmodo and engadget, and puts the stories and headlines on screen.

 

[Safeway]

I've never got into RSS. It just became a nuisance with all the pop-ups notifying me of new feeds.

 

[tw1164]

google reader is great

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: Safeway
I've never got into RSS. It just became a nuisance with all the pop-ups notifying me of new feeds.

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Seems really cool.. i just havent embraced it

there are already too many popup thingies for me.. with google desktop, taskbar weather deal, etc etc etc

i need less clutter, actually

 

[Gunslinger08]

You can use Outlook as an RSS reader as well. Atleast 2007.

 

[VTHodge]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: Safeway
I've never got into RSS. It just became a nuisance with all the pop-ups notifying me of new feeds.

+

Seems really cool.. i just havent embraced it

there are already too many popup thingies for me.. with google desktop, taskbar weather deal, etc etc etc

i need less clutter, actually

That's why I like Bloglines. It's just a website that aggregates content. No installation, no pop-ups, access from any computer.

 

[Safeway]

Originally posted by: VTHodge

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: Safeway
I've never got into RSS. It just became a nuisance with all the pop-ups notifying me of new feeds.

+

Seems really cool.. i just havent embraced it

there are already too many popup thingies for me.. with google desktop, taskbar weather deal, etc etc etc

i need less clutter, actually

That's why I like Bloglines. It's just a website that aggregates content. No installation, no pop-ups, access from any computer.

I'll just stick with engadget, gizmodo, thesuperficial, idontlikeyouinthatway, ...

 

[alareau]

wizz rss extension for firefox is pretty good.

Wizz