rss, for the uninitiated, is the an XMLish format that lets websites publish lists of headlines/recent posts. my blog for instance has a feed, as do most. what an rss reader allows you to do is download the rss feed, parse it, and present it in a manner that lets you see the headline and tell if you've already read the current stories/posts.
my problem with most readers is their use of internet explorer as redering engine and i'm too much of a diehard mozilla fan to settle for any thing ie based. i'd tried using news monster, one java/mozilla based reader, but it never seemed stable. besides for the last 6 months i've moved from the mozilla suite to mozilla's next generation firefox/thunderbird browser/mail setup. yesterday, i finally found it, the holy grail: a firefox rss reader extension. it's pretty sweet, all y'all firebox users out there should go pick it up.
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