RSS, Dropdown List and Suggested Sites

Reading news on the RSS feeds is one of the latest trends of the news delivery. Acronym RSS stands for Rich Site Summary; instrument for receiving updates, news, or blog posts from web-sites, which you are subscribed to.

Most of the popular browsers have built-it RSS applet; its icon usually can be found on the top of the browser window.  By changing the color, an icon will indicate whether current web-site supports RSS or not.

Users can add new RSS feed in a few different ways. The easiest one is to open certain web-site and click on the RSS icon. After you were redirected to the feed page, click on the Add button to complete the procedure. All stored RSS feeds are located in the Favorites Center, which you can access from the main menu or star shaped button on the top of your browser (may vary in different browsers).

        Another way to subscribe is through your Gmail account. The sequence of the steps will be similar with the only difference; in order to add web-site, we will need its URL copied and then pasted to the address box on the feed page. 

      The next useful feature built-in into Internet Explorer and other browsers is Address Bar Dropdown List, which provides instant access to recently visited web-sites. 

            In the same window, below recent web-sites we can see suggested sites. These choices are based on the browser statistics such as all visited web-sites, most popular pages, bookmarked sites, etc. This option can be turned on or off in the menu Tools – Command Line.