This page is part of a classified guide to news feed readers, including standard Web browsers that support RSS. Each profile contains summary details of the feed reader, features, Web links and news feeds.
Internet Explorer version 7 will feature an integrated feed reader and support auto-discovery of feeds. With filters to view un-read items, sort by date and title.
Only available as beta release at time of writing.
| Home page: | http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/ |
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| Feed URL: | http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/rss.aspx |
| Platform: | Windows |
| Vendor: | Microsoft Inc. |
| OPML import: | Yes, can load feed lists from other programs. |
| OPML export: | Yes, can save feed lists for other programs. |
| Auto-discovery: | Yes, can find feeds on Web pages. |
| Web feed search: | No, cannot search for feeds on the Web. |
| Local feed search: | Yes, can search feeds on your computer. |
| News filters: | No, cannot collect news items on chosen topics. |
| Watch lists: | No, cannot highlight items that match key words. |
| Synchronization: | No, cannot manage subscriptions from multiple computers. |
| Podcasts: | No, cannot play audio and video feeds. |
The Web Feed Generator provides customers with server logs to check demand for their news feeds. Each feed reader has its own code name or identifier that is reported in the server logs and shows which program was used to check a feed. To help make sense of these feed metrics, Internet Explorer is identified by the following code names.
IEAutoDiscovery Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 4.0) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1) Netscape/8.1.2 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; Media Center PC 3.0) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Advanced Searchbar; FunWebProducts; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; FunWebProducts; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; InfoPath.1) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; JLO; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Alexa Toolbar) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Maxthon; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Maxthon; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; XMPP TIMP.NET v.2005) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; AT&T CSM 6; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Maxthon; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; FDM; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; InfoPath.2) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0b; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0b; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50215) Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0b; Windows NT 6.0) Outlook-Express/7.0 (MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; TmstmpExt) Windows-RSS-Platform/1.0 (MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1)
The Web Feed Generator makes it easy to add an RSS news feed to your Web site; our service profile is a check list of the main features.