To view an RSS news feed, you must install a news reader on your computer or use an online service that can display the feed for your browser.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 has built-in support for news feeds and Firefox has several plug-ins available that accomplish the same thing.

Some popular free programs for reading RSS are:

Sharp Reader
Feed Reader
Awasu

One popular site that renders RSS feeds on demand is NewsMonkey. Members of Google, Yahoo, MyAOL and other services will find tools for reading RSS online on their respective sites.

Generally, to subscribe to a feed, you'll be required to click on the RSS feed button on a web page, or copy the URL of the feed into your reader.