Using Web Slices

Web slices in IE 8 let you keep track of content from sites through the IE 8 Favorites Bar. For example, Live Search offers Web slices for weather that you can add to your Favorites Bar, and get weather update notifications when they occur. eBay is another example, offering to track an auction and notify you when bid changes occur.

When you visit a page that offers a slice, you see a green icon on the page where the slice is offered, and the Feeds button on the command bar also looks green. To subscribe to the slice, click the icon. Internet Explorer opens a dialog box asking whether you want to add the Web slice to your Favorites Bar. Click the Add to Favorites Bar button to add the slice. When there is an update to the slice, Internet Explorer highlights the item in the Favorites Bar.

Web slices let you view snippets of content from multiple Web pages.

Tip Click the down arrow next to the Feeds button to view multiple slices from the page as well as RSS feeds, if any, that are published to the page.