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Flock, the New Browser on the Block

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the too-many-choices dept.

^tamago^ writes to tell us BusinessWeek Online is reporting that a new browser is stepping into the arena. This new competitor, Flock, hopes to change the face of web browsing by turning their's into the swiss army knife of browsers. From the article: "Flock's browser is built specifically for a new, emerging generation of Web users, one that isn't satisfied passively browsing media online. Flock hopes to turn the browser into a dashboard for collaborating, blogging, sharing photos, reveling in a raft of other group activities that have recently caught fire online"

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  1. Re:Based off of Konqueror? by nazh · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wired says it is based on firefox;http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,128 2,68823,00.html?tw=rss.TOP

  2. I beta tested Flock. by IO+ERROR · · Score: 5, Informative
    Not only did I beta test it, I wrote a review of it about two months ago.

    In short, it's:

    • Based on Firefox.
    • A blogging and social networking tool.
    • Not going to steal your personal data.

    Read the review for more.

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    How am I supposed to fit a pithy, relevant quote into 120 characters?
  3. Re:more competition should be a good thing, I hope by foolswisdom · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, Flock is being developed on and for MSWin, MacOS, and Linux. A slight majority of the developers do their work primarily on Linux. It is not "written in java". I think you have us confused with a SourceForge project. The Flock browser is directly based on Firefox.

    Playing nice with other people and technologies is very important to us!