In my previous post I looked at using WebSlices to expose updates to my blog but Joshua pointed out there’s a much simpler solution in IE8 if you have an existing RSS feed…

Rather than subscribe to a web slice or an RSS feed as you normally would simply drag the URL of the RSS feed to your links bar (or in Favorites add it to your “Favorites Bar” just like any other link) and thanks to the goodness of the underlying RSS platform in Vista you not only get subscribed to the feed but in your links bar you get a notification when a new item arrives (just like for WebSlices) and can even see unread and read items at a glance.

The more I play around with IE8 the more ways I’m impressed with it. Things like standards compliance and improved Javascript and rendering performance are, without a doubt, exciting – but the subtle things that are happening in the chrome itself serve as a reminder than innovation is alive and kicking on the IE team ;)