Clicking the RSS icon in your Web browser typically takes you to a page of cryptic code, known as XML.

In September 2004, Stephen Horlander created the now ubiquitous RSS icon () for use in the Mozilla Firefox browser.

It is similar to the orange "broadcast" RSS icon () that indicates that there is a web feed available.

You can also access RSS feeds directly from pages on the site - the orange RSS icon will appear when a feed is available.

The RSS icon on a page will lead you to the URL to paste into your feed reader.

The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that begins the subscription process.

Although RSS formats have evolved since March 1999, the RSS icon ("") first gained widespread use between 2005 and 2006.

Click on the RSS icon to subscribe through your favorite news reader.

The feed link (usually a small orange button, the semi-official RSS icon) can be posted anywhere on the web.

The detection of a feed is normally indicated by the RSS icon "".