![]() ![]() It just so happens that Firefox has chosen to display RSS feeds differently in your browser. It should be invisible when not needed, and subtly notify you when new content is. One of the main goals is to be an intuitive way to access your feeds. Obviously we’re a bit biased in writing about this, as we built it. It doesn’t mean that RSS feeds work in Firefox and not in Chrome. The extension RSS Feed Reader by Feeder is an example of an RSS widget for Chrome. Some browsers (like Firefox and Safari) choose to display RSS feeds in a more user-friendly way, but that’s simply because they choose to. Because ultimately, all you need for the RSS feed to work is the XML code. It just means that the browser hasn’t gone the extra mile to make it look prettier. So if you look at your RSS feed and see this code, it doesn’t mean your feed is broken. It is XML code that can be used by third party websites/readers (like Feedly and Bloglovin) to interpret your post data. In its core definition, an RSS feed isn’t a user-friendly interface like Feedburner. It seems a lot of people are confused about what an RSS feed actually is. Is there a way to fix this, or is my feed destined to hate Chrome users? I can redirect the feed to Feedly with no problems, but not everyone uses Feedly, so that doesn’t feel like a viable option either. It works fine in Firefox and IE, but in Chrome, it never gives an option to subscribe unless I use a service like Feedblitz or Feedburner. I have been noticing that when I try to look at my native feed in Chrome, it gives me the XML page, which is horribly useless. Google Chrome's new 'Follow' feature brings an RSS feed to your browser Comments (0) (Image credit: Shutterstock) There’s good news for those of you still mourning the loss of Google. ![]() I’ve gotten A LOT of questions/comments like this: ![]()
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