I'm a huge Firefox fan. I was thinking about upgrading to Firefox3 and was researching the features and reviews when I found an article on the Minneapolis Star Tribune site by Anick Jesdanun that discusses the many options to the Microsoft web browser.
Opera 9.5 is discussed but the author also discusses the Flock2 browser. I had not heard of it but was intrigued because it integrated with many of the social networks and was really make to appeal to the "web 2.0" (ick -- I hate that term) enthusiasts.
So I decided to try out Flock. Afterall, it won a Webby. It's pretty easy to use and very intuitive. I am actually writing my blog from the Flock Interface. I haven't published yet, so I can't say how easy it is to select from multiple blogs. However the WYSWYG editor seems very similar to many of the other editors I've used.
The other thing I like is that it allows you to select a web-based e-mail as your default e-mailer. So there will not be anymore clicking on an "Contact Me" link and having IExpress open up. YEAH!!!!!
Another awesome feature is that you can connect to your Facebook account and keep a "friend feed" open. In your friend feed, you see their status and you are alerted to if they have added media. If they have, you simply click on the media link and a small bar is opened at the top of the window and you can scroll through and open things of interest. There is also an "actions" link where you can post to profiles, poke them, and other typical facebook features.
You can also easily import all your bookmarks and preferences from Firefox directly to Flock. It has a Myworld feature that I need to explore more--- at first blush it looks similar to the igoogle homepage with similar functionality.
Thus far, Flock is very interesting and I kinda like it. I plan on exploring the extensions to see what other cool stuff you can do.
If you have used Flock--- drop me a line and tell me what you think is cool.
Tags: Flock, Social Media, Web Browser,
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