Personally, I use:
http://www.oddworldforums.net/extern...,15&lastpost=1, which only grabs me the most recently replied to threads in GD, FS&H, OT, & EL.
FireFox and Internet Explorer both have built-in methods of handling the external content providers. I would suggest that anyone using them, use RSS 2.0. JS and XML have been switched off, as they aren't required.
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