A new feature from a recent update of Firefox that you might have missed is the ability to subscribe directly to feeds with FeedZero from the Firefox browser:
To add FeedZero as an option to your Firefox feed reader list, simply visit the manage feeds page on FeedZero – look in the left side column for the module titled “Add feeds directly from Firefox” and follow the instructions!
There’s been some issues with article timestamps being off recently; today we discovered that the server clock was off by several hours, which was causing a few problems. This has been corrected so article timestamps should now better reflect the actual space-time continuum.
Another fix has also gone into place for duplicate articles; if you notice any more please let us know so we can investigate.
There’s also been some back-end improvements for feed retrieval, resulting in better performance in gathering feed data.
For those that are new to terms like “RSS”, “feed”, and combinations of the two, we have a simple guide to RSS which explains some of the basics, including “What The Hell Is It?” and “How Will It Help Me?”. If you have any questions about RSS feel free to drop them in the comments and we’ll either answer them there or modify our guide as required!
We’ve also got a simple video that provides a visual overview for those that prefer their input with more of an audio/visual flavor.
There’s a known issue at the moment with some feeds not updating correctly – if you’re having problems getting new content don’t panic, it should be there soon. It is due to an issue with the service that retrieves the RSS feeds from the source dealing with the volume of feeds we have now; a fix is in the works.
Update 2008-04-10 – this has been fixed.
A small update today, just fixing a minor problem with the web server returning “page not found” errors as 500s, not 404s. This appears to have been affecting Google’s ability (or willingness) to index the feedzero.com domain, so we’re hoping this will fix that issue.