IE7 Beta 3 & RSS Feeds

Jimmy Daniels of RealTechNews writes:

Microsoft is continuing to improve the ability to handle feeds with IE7 beta 3, including updating all functions, more ways to mark a feed as read, and even posting some keyboard shortcuts. And with some features such as the easy feed discovery, I think feeds are going to become a bigger part of any serious surfer’s life.

• Alt + J for Feed Discovery Button: Opens the menu of the discovered feeds on a Web page

• Ctrl + J for Feed List Pane: Opens the Feed List Pane in the Favorites Center in a menu mode
• Ctrl + Shift + J for Feed List Pane: Opens the Feed List Pane in the Favorites Center in the docked mode
• Alt + S for Text Search: Puts the focus in the search box in the Feed Reading View
• Alt + I for All Items: Displays all of the feed items in the Feed Reading View
• Alt + M for Mark as Read: Toggles the Mark as Read control in the Feed Reading View

[Source: Microsoft Team RSS Blog]

The creators of Firefox call it Live Bookmarks, which is WAY more descriptive than RSS Feeds, for those not familiar with RSS, it is an easy way to see when one of your favorite site updates without actually have to go there and check. For instance, this site’s RSS feed is available here, and with IE7, Firefox, or your favorite feed reader, it will be easy to see when this site is updated. How does everyone think the two implementations compare? Do you use a separate feed reader as well as a browser? More info on the latest beta here, download it here.

Side note: Webmasters, take note, Microsoft has problems with comment spam as well; check it out.

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