Live bookmarks in Firefox

You've probably heard of news syndication before, and you probably thought it was just one more of those complicated and useless things that become quickly fashionable on the internet only to die away a few months along the path.
So, here I am today only to tell you that live bookmarks are actually very useful, that they don't seem to be going to die away any time soon, and that they are very easy to set up and offer an interesting feature that you might become addicted to in almost no time.
Basically, syndication of news and blogs means you don't need to go to the news source (or blog) in question's website to see if there are any new articles. You can move your cursor over the live bookmark and a list of recent articles will appear. Clicking on the article name will take you to the article itself.

But, words can be confusing (especially if it's me who's typing them) so let's take a look at a few images and I'll teach you how to use live bookmarking on Firefox.

I like to keep things organized, because I believe the more organized you are, the less time you waste (and the more free time you will get in the end). So, I usually manage my bookmarks accordingly.
Since I'm assuming you are new to live bookmarking, I'll advise you to be organized in order to make the best out of it and learn fast.
So, first click on "Bookmarks" (upper menu) and select "Manage Bookmarks" (Usually the second option). A new window will appear in front of your browser window. This window is split in two. It looks like this.
Click on "Bookmarks Toolbar Folder" and then click on the "New Folder" icon.
A new folder will appear and you will have to give it a name. When you close the Bookmarks Manager, a new folder will appear on your toolbar, like this.
Now you are ready to start adding live bookmarks for blogs and news sites in an orderly way.
Let's try:
You are, I assume, reading this blog. You will see an icon on the lower right corner of your browser that looks like this:

(It might look a little different according to what Firefox theme you are using. In some themes you'll get an orange rectangle that reads RSS.)
If you move your cursor over it, you'll see the following tag:

click on it and a tag reading "subscribe to this page's feed" will appear. Click it. a small menu with your bookmarks will appear, chose the folder you created specifically for this purpose (Live bookmarking). Click OK and go check your toolbar folder.

When you click it, a list of live bookmarks will appear, if you move your cursor over them, you'll get a list of recent articles that you can easily navigate at a glance.
That's it.

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