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# What are the advantages of using RSS feeds?
 
# What are the advantages of using RSS feeds?
 
#* Separation of information from your email stream.
 
#* Separation of information from your email stream.
#* Ability to browse topics and mark them as read without actually reading them.
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#* Ability to browse topics, skipping unimportant articles and picking out the must-read ones.
#* Accumulates several information steams into one location.
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#* Accumulates several information steams into one location. The idea is to have a net decrease in the number of things on your computer that you have to check.
 
# What are the disadvanges of using RSS feeds?
 
# What are the disadvanges of using RSS feeds?
 
#* You have to set up an RSS feed reader.
 
#* You have to set up an RSS feed reader.
 
#* You may sometimes skip information in the feed that you would have liked to have read.
 
#* You may sometimes skip information in the feed that you would have liked to have read.
#* Creates another thing on your computer to check.
 
 
# What is a good RSS feed reader to use?
 
# What is a good RSS feed reader to use?
 
#* Many options exist, among them:
 
#* Many options exist, among them:

Revision as of 09:21, 21 May 2009

This is a list of RSS feeds that may be of interest to GlueX Collaborators and other members of the Hall D community.

Q & A

  1. What is an RSS feed?
  2. What are the advantages of using RSS feeds?
    • Separation of information from your email stream.
    • Ability to browse topics, skipping unimportant articles and picking out the must-read ones.
    • Accumulates several information steams into one location. The idea is to have a net decrease in the number of things on your computer that you have to check.
  3. What are the disadvanges of using RSS feeds?
    • You have to set up an RSS feed reader.
    • You may sometimes skip information in the feed that you would have liked to have read.
  4. What is a good RSS feed reader to use?
    • Many options exist, among them:
      1. The JLab Insight web page ( https://misportal.jlab.org/InsightWebProject )
        Down in the lower corner of your own personal Insight page is a box called “RSS News Feed”. One of those tiny boxes in the title bar of the box is called “Edit”. Click on that and you can paste one or both of the above mentioned feeds URL’s as part of the “Add a Feed” form. Then links to the posts/comments will appear automatically on your Insight page, most recent first.
      2. Thunderbird email client
        In Thunderbird you can create an account that can manage multiple RSS feeds. The two URL’s mentioned above are examples. In the “File” drop-down menu, select “New” and then “Account…”. The resulting Account Wizard has an option for “RSS News & Blogs”. Select that and create an account with the name of your choice. Click on the new account in the left column and click on “Manage subscriptions” in the main frame. In the dialog box click on “Add” to enter the URL’s listed above. The feeds will appear in the new account just like email; you can read them, mark them as read, or delete them like regular email.
      3. Google Reader
        What I have been using. Just google “google reader”. Requires a google account. Their instructions are better than what I could write.
      4. MyYahoo! page
        You can add the RSS feed of your choice to your personal MyYahoo! page. Click on “Personalize this page”. Requires a Yahoo! account.
      5. Other options
        There are a lot of them. See this article for a sample.