what is the icon for?

the web page that has just loaded behind this window is used by news-reading computer programs to 'subscribe' to a certain web site. this means the news reader checks the web site and will tell you if there has been an update.

we can recommend netnewswire on the mac or amphetadesk (on windows, linux, and mac). check out this page or this page for a big list of programs that make use of these feeds. after installing these programs you need to subscribe to the rss feed of our page by using the url in the window behind this one. with this you can stay up-to-date without the need to check in every hour (or day or week...)

Now close this window and click to 'go back' to continue viewing the site.