Keep yourself updated with the most recent Tokyo Traders Club information by using our RSS news feed service. If you're new to RSS, instructions and links to software are on the left. Our list of currently available channels is on the right. Happy Trading! |
What is RSS?
RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, is an XML file format designed specifically for sharing news headlines and other types of frequently-updated content. An RSS feed, or RSS channel, contains a list of items, each of which holds a headline, description and a link to a web page.
How do I use RSS?
In order to read RSS files, you need a special RSS reader (or aggregator) that will collect the files and display them on your computer. The RSS reader will gather the news feeds that you want to track and inform you of any updates. In other words, you create a custom list of web sites
that you want to monitor. So, when you wake up in the morning (or early afternoon), you can read the headlines from multiple news sources on a single page in your web browser. |
Channels
To subscribe, right-click a channel and select "Copy Shortcut" or "Copy Link Location" to copy the channel's URL.
Then paste this location wherever your RSS news reader asks for the location of the service you wish to subscribe to.
Stay up to date on the latest club news and meeting information.
This feed will alert you to all TTC content updates, as they happen. |
Sounds great! How do I get started?
Now for the bad news (it's not really that bad). While RSS is relatively easy to develop and deploy, user-friendly RSS reading software is just beginning to emerge. But the good news is that it's all free.
Essentially, there are two kinds of RSS reader software packages out there: browser-integrated and stand alone. If you're new to RSS, I'd recommend the browser-integrated version because the stand alone
software tends to be more complicated and far less user-friendly. Here are links to a few:
Browser-based:
Pluck has recently released a beta version of their RSS reader. It integrates seamlessly with Internet Explorer and can 'pluck' pages for RSS links as you surf the web. It's free to download and contains no adware or spyware. However, the beta
version only works with Windows 2000 or XP.
Stand-alone Software:
Feedreader is a bare-bones stand-alone RSS reader. The entire program only occupies 1.3MB on your system and will work with Windows 95 or later versions. "Bare-bones" of course means that there are no help files or tutorials to help you get going. If you have some time to play around, this is a great piece of software that runs much faster than browser-based RSS readers because it doesn't need to rely on the browser for updates; it will access the internet on its own.
AmphetaDesk runs on Windows 95 and up, Mac OS 8 and up and Linux. It essentially contains its own browser that only display RSS feeds. The download contains a .exe file - it doesn't actually install on your system.
There you have it. A google search will bring up more RSS readers and we'll soon have more links for other platforms and browsers. If you find a killer RSS reader out there, let us know at
. Happy Surfing!
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