0+, you see options for how to subscribe
to that feed, as shown in Figure 4-2.
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Figure 4-2. Choosing a news aggregator with which to subscribe to a feed in Firefox
There are different news/feed aggregators of note:
??? Firefox Live Bookmarks. You can track feeds within the context of Firefox bookmarks.14
There seem to be similar features in other browsers such as Safari15 and Internet
Explorer 7.16
??? Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com/).
??? SharpReader, a desktop RSS aggregator/news reader for Windows (http://www.
sharpreader.net/).
??? NetNewsWire, a desktop news reader for the Mac. (http://www.newsgator.com/
NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NetNewsWire).
??? Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader/view/).
??? My Yahoo! You can add an RSS feed to http://my.yahoo.com. You can, for instance, add
an RSS feed with this URL: http://e.my.yahoo.com/config/cstore?.opt=rss&.page=p1.
For more information, see the following:
??? http://my.yahoo.com/s/faq/rss/
??? http://publisher.yahoo.com/rssguide
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14. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/livebookmarks.html
15. http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/safari/
16. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/rss/default.mspx
Validating Feeds
In addition to consuming feeds, you may want to create feeds as part of your mashups. It??™s
certainly helpful to read and understand the specifications for the various feed formats.
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