Scott Karp has suggested that IE7′s RSS Is a Glorified “Favorites” Feature and I couldn’t agree more. After an initial evaluation of the IE7 beta, my overal impression is that the RSS support is no better than that of Safari, Opera or Firefox. This type of support is probably fine for those who subscribe to a very limited number of feeds. If you subscribe to more than 10 feeds you’re still better off using a true RSS aggregator like NewsGator, RSSOwl, Google Reader, NetNewsWire, etc.
The place Microsoft has truely improved the RSS experience is in the way they have styled RSS feeds. When you click on an RSS link, you are presented with a nicely styled page that discusses the benefits of subscribing to RSS. This will go a long way to helping the average Internet user embrace the RSS technology, and maybe lead to a greater use.
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Uh, doesn’t Firefox use “live bookmarks”? I’d say the IE7 implementation kills that nonsense.
I haven’t seen the RSS implementation in Safari, but I’d say Opera has the implementation that pleases me best.
My ranking goes:
Opera
Internet Explorer 7
Firefox
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