Get timely, customized information from the Web sites you choose delivered right to your browser, absolutely free. Use RSS Headline Toolbar to be the first to know about the latest Internet deals before they sell out. See headlines from your favorite news sources or see headlines from your favorite blogs all conveniently delivered to a compact, convenient toolbar in your Internet Explorer or FireFox browser. Use RSS Headline Toolbar to stay current on a wide variety of content from leading Web providers like ABC News, Yahoo News, Google News, BBC News, Reuters, Wired, News.com. Use RSS Headline Toolbar to keep up with headlines from your favorite Web sites without going through the trouble of managing a full-fledged RSS reader. At any time, click a button in the toolbar to launch the full article associated with a headline, including article illustrations. Headlines from your favorite Web sites are continuously updated at a configurable time interval.

Version 1.2 reads more feeds.

Editor's review of RSS Toolbar RSS Headline Toolbar

This RSS reader brings the latest headlines directly to your browser, but it fails Internet Explorer users. To access RSS Toolbar RSS Headline Toolbar, you'll need to register with an e-mail address and password. Some testers found they couldn't get past the New Users link in IE, but it worked fine in Firefox.

The configuration page comes preloaded with RSS feeds, but you can easily delete those you don't want. You also can quickly add your own feeds by copying and pasting the URL into the text box. It's a simple process to choose the number of feeds to display per page, but we couldn't get the feature to automatically scroll feeds after a select amount of time to work.

The toolbar features two drop-down menus--one to select a feed and the other to choose a specific headline. A nondescript button to the right of the menus takes you directly to the corresponding Web page. However, it just opens in your current window instead of launching the story in a new window, and you can't alter this default setting. Firefox users may appreciate this freeware reader toolbar, but IE users should look for a toolbar that will definitely work with their chosen browser.