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On the right side of the view area are some RSS options that apply to the feed(s) you are
viewing. The Search Articles text field allows you to search for specific strings within all the visible
articles. Below the Search Articles text field is the Article Length slider. This will limit how
much of the feed summary to show. (RSS feeds themselves vary in how they summarize articles.
Some feeds will give no summary at all, while others will send the entire article.) The Sort By
options will adjust the order the articles appear in Safari. The Recent Articles option will adjust
which articles appear in the view. For example, if you select Today, then only the articles that
were updated today will be shown. The Source item shows where the feeds come from. If you
select an individual feed, then the feed’s URL will be shown; if you select a collection of RSS
feeds, then the name of that collection will be shown. Finally, there are some actions available:
Mail Link to This Page will open up a new mail message in Mail containing a link to the news
feed or feeds being shown; Subscribe in Mail will subscribe to all the feeds in Mail (which is
handy if you use Mail as you primary RSS reader).
Feed Options
The Safari preferences include an RSS tab containing some options for RSS feeds (Figure 10-15).
Figure 10-15. The RSS options in Safari’s Preference window
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The Default RSS Reader option provides a list of all the known RSS readers installed on
your system. The application chosen here is the primary one that Safari will use to open RSS
links in.
The “Automatically update articles in” options allow you to select whether you would like
all the RSS feeds in your Bookmarks bar, Bookmarks menu, or both to be automatically updated.
The “Check for updates” list determines how often these feeds will get updated.
The “Color new articles” option causes part of the article’s information (Author and Date)
to be colored in the chosen shade. This can help you identify new articles more easily.
Finally, while RSS feeds themselves often limit the number of articles that are contained in
the actual feed, once downloaded Safari will keep track of all the articles until they are removed.
The “Remove articles” list allows you to determine when Safari should automatically remove
older articles.