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How to set RSS feeds as your desktop
Want the top news you're interested in without opening up a browser. Well there is a way to do it in just six steps!Toshibi over at Instructables, (a place where you can share with others what you make, and teach them how to make it) has figured out how to turn his desktop into a constantly updating RSS bulletin board. Steps include:
- Creating an HTML document with all the appropriate rows and columns
- META tag refresh tag to have the page refresh every 10 minutes
- Create HTML feeds with FEED2JS
- Save file on computer
- Set the HTML page as a LIVE web desktop (correct me if I'm wrong but this feature might only work in XP)
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Subscribe to commentsSamJul 6th 2007 8:31PM
Theres active desktop in win2k for web content
PeterJul 6th 2007 9:33PM
I just don't see the point. The moment I need to get any work done, it covers my desktop. Who spends that much time staring at their windowless desktop?
ColinJul 6th 2007 11:27PM
@Peter:
I think it depends whether you spend any time looking at your desktop. This is one of those niche things that could potentially be useful. RSS readers save us from having to open up each individual site to check for new news; this saves me from having to open up my reader. If I have five minutes free, I can hit the "Show Desktop" button, scan the headlines, and decide if there's anything I want to read.
anotherhandleJul 7th 2007 4:31AM
you can do the same thing (and more) with Samurize
http://adminviet.netJul 7th 2007 7:14AM
http://adminviet.net just don't see the point. The moment I need to get any work done, it covers my desktop. Who spends that much time staring at their windowless desktop