IE7 Beta 3 and RSS Feeds

By Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Microsoft is continuing to improve the ability to handle feeds with IE7 beta 3, including update all functions, more ways to mark a feed as read and even posted 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 surfers’ life.

Alt + J for Feed Discovery Button – Opens the menu of the discovered feeds on a webpage
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 sites 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 seperate 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.