Feed Preview

Indicates available RSS and Atom feeds and renders previews.

Feed Preview - A Unique, Versatile Firefox RSS, Atom Feed Add-on

"Feed Preview" is a highly versatile Firefox add-on that not only indicates the availability of RSS or Atom feeds in the browser's URL bar but also supports extensive feed format families, from RSS 1 and 2 to Atom. It includes unique features such as support for enclosed media files, feed subscription support via user-configurable web-based feed readers, and it uses sandboxed iframes for a secure experience. Fully internationalized and open source, Feed Preview integrates seamlessly with Firefox maintaining a modern design and the privacy of user data.

Add-on stats

Users: 1,968
-6
Rating: 4.69
(72)
Version: 14 (Last updated: 2024-03-03)
Creation date: 2018-10-27
Weekly download count: 20
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
Size: 53.36K

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Feed Preview is a Firefox Addon which indicates the availability of RSS or Atom feeds in the browser's URL bar and renders a previews of feeds.

Feed Preview has the following combination of features which are unique in combination and set it apart from similar feed previewing addons:

  • Extensive feed format support: robust parser which handles the RSS 1 (0.9, 1.0), RSS 2 (0.91, 0.92, 0.93, 0.94, 2.0), and Atom (0.3, 2.0) feed families including obscure features, supports non-UTF-8 character sets, and uses content sniffing to detect feeds served with XML or RDF content types
  • Media files: support for enclosed media files which can be downloaded from the preview page
  • Subscription support: allows subscribing to feeds using user-configurable web-based feed readers and ships with presets for frequently used services and integrates with addon feed readers
  • Secure: HTML content/summaries are displayed in sandboxed iframes, all other elements are sanitized
  • Preserves the feed URL: the preview is generated via stream filters before it hits the rendering engine, there are no redirects and the "View Source" function works as expected
  • Modern design: Follows the Photon design guidelines and integrates seamlessly with Firefox
  • Open source: published under the MPL 2.0
  • Internationalization: the code is fully internationalized, user submitted translations are welcome

User reviews

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Pros
  • Excellent implementation
  • Does what it says and does it well
  • Works well with FreshRSS
  • Excellent
  • Does exactly what I need: adds back RSS/ATOM support to Firefox
  • Works perfectly
  • It restores the support for RSS and even more. Just perfect. It should be a recommended extension.
Cons
  • One suggestion, the tab icon is hard to see in a dark theme. Please provide an icon for the dark mode.
  • Doesn't work at all anymore (FF 94.0.1), no icon is ever shown
  • Very few options and can't remove the subscribe button at the top
  • Wish it had a dark mode/theme. Absolute shame Mozilla removed this functionality natively.
Most mentioned
  • Excellent
  • Does what it says and does it well
  • Works perfectly
  • It restores the support for RSS and even more. Just perfect. It should be a recommended extension.
User reviews
# Lacks: Dark mode implementation, layout and sorting options # Includes: Identification and interception of RSS and Atom URLs # Last updated on: 20/04/2021
by Kay, 2023-11-11
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Feed Preview requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Feed Preview has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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