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I don't have live bookmarks as an option on rss feeds

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skipbales
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When I click the subscribe to rss feed I don't get the subscribe using live bookmarks screen the tutorials shows. I get a loading message then nothing and no bookmark of any type is added and there is no live feed.

If I look at my bookmarks there are no live feed bookmarks and no category of "live feed" exists.

When I click the subscribe to rss feed I don't get the subscribe using live bookmarks screen the tutorials shows. I get a loading message then nothing and no bookmark of any type is added and there is no live feed. If I look at my bookmarks there are no live feed bookmarks and no category of "live feed" exists.

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What is the Web Feed setting in Tools > Options > Applications ? The default is Preview in Firefox

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cor-el
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What is the Web Feed setting in Tools > Options > Applications ? The default is Preview in Firefox

skipbales
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Thank you so much. It was as simple as that. The rss feed was set to my contact manager which was in a constant state of checking the net as a result. This solved both problems.

cor-el
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You're welcome

dannycale
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I am not finding the "options" option under tools on Firefox. I am trying to get live bookmarks as an option when trying to subscribe to an RSS feed. Thanks.

cor-el
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Are you on the Windows platform?

Menu differences: Windows: Tools > Options - Mac: Firefox > Preferences - Linux: Edit > Preferences

annturley
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I'm on a mac. When I go to Preferences >Applications I do not see rss feeds in list?

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cor-el
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It is probably labeled as "Web Feed", so you can look for that in Firefox > Preferences > Applications

You can also check the feed prefs on the about:config page and reset them if they apply to your problem.