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
Weekly download count: 20
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 53.36K
Email: gu*****@berhoerster.name
Ranking
# 2,062
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
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
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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