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The problem with using Yahoo and MSN is that, well, I don't like MSN for a variety of reasons, and Yahoo's RSS feeds are pretty annoying. I'm big on RSS, and if a page doesn't have its act together on that end, I don't use it. CNet's RSS in particular tweaks me--I use Thunderbird as an RSS reader, and it supports loading webpages directly... but CNet blocks that, forcing me to load it in Firefox. It's completely pointless.

I guess I'll give Yahoo another shot. Got a link to their RSS feed for tech news?

On Firefox's bloating, I agree completely. It needs to stay small and simple. I love it when Opera users complain about how Firefox doesn't do half the things Opera does, but is getting all the publicity. These people haven't learned--simplicity sells. It's the big reason for the iPod's success, and it's the big reason for Firefox's success. If you make it simple and reliable, they will come.

As far as Cliff Y goes, I preferred Jeff K back in the days of PlanetQuake. Lowtax was alright back on PQ, but ever since he started Something Awful, I blame him for the meme-ization of the Internet.

I have to admit total ignorance about PlanetQuake. I looked, and to my eyes it sorta feels like "Classic Gaming". (A couple of years ago I was into Mame32 a little bit, just amazed that Atari vector games were out there). On RSS, I'm 49 now and all the acronyms are blurring. The only RSS I have set up is here, from the Freep. It's not a case of laziness, but it's not something I think to even use since I have to hit the main page and check posts to me anyway. I suppose I look at Yahoo's offering of RSS the same way, since I go there and check mail, etc.

As for a link from Yahoo, let's see if this will work:

It's easy to find content to add to your page. Use the find box, browse by topic, see what's popular, or explore editors' picks and sources in the spotlight. Learn more.

Find Content

Add RSS by URL
Learn about RSS

Search by topic or provider. (ex: Yankees, cooking, USA Today)

Okay, that works fairly well in preview, using Firefox to copy the source. I got that by selecting "Add Content" on the "My Yahoo" page. It's still Greek to me, admittedly. (There's supposed to be a box to enter your data there).

When they finally get around to setting up T-bird where you can save mail as .eml as the default, since I'm an OE user, (though open to alternatives) then perhaps they'll have won me over. At least they finally got away with 2 sets of trash cans and Sent Items, etc. Mozilla sometimes has an illogical way of doing things, my biggest peeve being images associated with the Downloads box.