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It is quite simple in Chrome. Just click on the RSS icon at the corner of the omnibox. Then there is a drop-down showing a list of RSS readers that you can subs
by arocks 14y ago
It is quite simple in Chrome. Just click on the RSS icon at the corner of the omnibox. Then there is a drop-down showing a list of RSS readers that you can subscribe with.
Can't think of anything simpler.
- julien 14y agoJust find a non-nerd and ask them what the "RSS icon" is. They have NO IDEA. Don't trust me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ Also, then, tell them, "If you were to follow that site for updates, what would you do?" and please, tell us the answers.
- teraflop 14y agoI'm pretty sure you have some kind of RSS extension installed, because Chrome doesn't do that by default.
- eli 14y agoIn fact, I suspect it's the "RSS Subscription Extension" published by Google which disturbingly no longer seems to be available for download [1]. Click on a feed in a regular Chrome install and you're looking at unstyled XML. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-subscription-extensio/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-subscription-e...
- alefteris 14y agoWhy they had to do that? They must had deleted it recently (last cached by google search at 9 Mar 2013). Closing down a service is one thing, not making it easy for people to use feeds in their browser is another. And it was just an extension, not even part of the browser. And when you see the feature creep in Chrome lately, it makes you wonder what their priorities really are..
- arocks 14y agoYou are right, I assumed it was installed by default because it syncs wherever I log in. Sorry about the confusion.