Thank you Chris. I have Firefox on my hard drives, but haven't recently used it. Perhaps I should dust it off and give it another go. Thanks again. Don Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina Hunt" <filidh@carolina.rr.com> To: <IRL-TIPPERARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 6:19 AM Subject: [TIP] (OFF TOPIC) Live Feeds - for Firefox users >I have found a nice use for the those pages with those RSS graphics. >Especially for > Rootsweb lists. > > If you have a Firefox browser (or Opera) you can add a "Live Feed" > bookmark and quickly > check what is going on with your favorite Rootsweb lists. > > This link explains better than I can how to recognize and add a Live > Bookmark. > http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/atom.html > > To add a "live feed" bookmark for a list or lists go to: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > > Drill down to find the right lists. Example Ireland>IRL-Tipperary. > Now click on "Browse the IRL-Tipperary Archives" (or IRL-Longford etc.) > This page will have the "Live Feed" symbol in the address bar or lower > right hand corner > if you have an older version of Firefox. Click on the "Live Feed" symbol > and you will get > a message that a you are adding a Bookmark to your Bookmarks Toolbar. > **Make sure that > your bookmarks Toolbar is enabled. You can do this under "View" on the > menu bar. > > You can add all your favorite Rootsweb lists to the menu. [Even those you > don't subscribe > to.] You can quickly click on your bookmarks to see what topics are being > discussed which > might be of interest. Of course, you have to be a subscriber to join in on > any > discussions, but you can keep track of a lot of your favorite lists this > way. > > You can also add you favorite Yahoo lists in the same way. > > I hope some of you find this helpful. I know it doesn't help Explorer > users. Sorry. > > Chris > > > > > ==== IRL-TIPPERARY Mailing List ==== >>>Watch those SUBJECT headings! When the topic changes - change the >>>subject<< > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 4/28/2006 > >