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UNINVITED persistant "AUTOMATIC BOOKMARKS"...How to block?

Started by hmmph , Mar 22 2010 02:55 PM

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#1 hmmph

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Posted 22 March 2010 - 02:55 PM

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Posted 22 March 2010 - 03:39 PM

I'm not too sure what you mean here, but it sounds like you reffering to some Live Bookmarks which display the Latest Headlines in your browser.

What internet browser are you using exactly, and what is it concerning you about having the latest headlines in your bookmarks list?

Do you just want to permanantly delete the live bookmarks coming from the bbc so they never come again?

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Posted 22 March 2010 - 04:36 PM

Oh....thanks. You are right-on the money!
I am using Firefox 3.6.
Did not know about 'live feed' feature, I will check it out now that I do.

Didn't have any idea where it was coming from. Inadvertently picked it up somehow. Perhaps on the upgrade to Firefox 3.6. We use British spelling here in Canada, & on choosing that option, got unknowingly hooked-up to a UK-Euro download. Of course I uninstalled and went for the State-side edition, made more sense to just go with US spelling...whatever.

Had not explored the use of this Bookmark Toolbar before.

Pardon my naivete.
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Posted 22 March 2010 - 05:15 PM

You have subscribed to a News Feed from http: //news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/ Notice the rss in the url. For more information on what a BBC News Feed is, see here: News feeds from the BBC

I don't use Firefox so I'm not sure how to cancel the 'subscription' through your browser.

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 03:32 PM

Firefox has the Latest Headlines susbcribed to as default when you install it, you can delete it if you like but it's handy to be able to see the latest headlines from a dropdown sometimes.

I'd have thought a US/canada install would have a different site other than BBC though cause you are getting UK headlines, so maybe you are still on the UK install or something.

Anyway you can delete this and add other sites as you please if they have an RSS feed..