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Flock, the Web 2.0 Browser?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the little-more-hype-please dept.

escay writes "Cardinal, the Beta 1 version of Firefox-based browser Flock, was released Tuesday with many polished features. Some of the features include drag-and-drop photo uploading for Flickr and Photobucket, an in-built RSS aggregator, direct blogging tool, and shared favorites/bookmarks. In step with Web 2.0 philosophy, Flock provides a rich user-centric experience, making it easier to bring information to the user and vice versa. It is available for Linux/Mac/Windows, and you can download it here. (And for those of you trying to get Flash working in Firefox on an AMD64 Linux machine, try this and be pleasantly surprised!)"

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  1. What the Flock? by BunnyClaws · · Score: 0, Funny

    So far it looks pretty snazzy but will it be nearly as good as IE 7? Its a joke people a bad one I know.

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  2. flash??? by eggoeater · · Score: 4, Funny
    And for those of you trying to get Flash working in Firefox on an AMD64 linux machine, try this and be pleasantly surprised!
    Pleasently surprised is not how I'd phrase it.
    Dropping into a seizure because of all the blinky lights and animated characters is more like it.

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  3. Web 2.0 Browser Eh... by Psychotext · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...just to be clear, will this still be backwards compatible with the old version of the web?

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    1. Re:Web 2.0 Browser Eh... by sgant · · Score: 3, Funny

      What if you don't have Web 2.0. I'm pretty sure my ISP hasn't upgraded to 2.0 and I'm still stuck at 1.0.

      I'm being left behind! What ISP's support Web 2.0?

      I'm worried now!

      (/sarcasm off)

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  4. Flash! by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny
    (And for those of you trying to get Flash working in Firefox on an AMD64 linux machine, try this and be pleasantly surprised!)"
    So it still doesn't work, then? Hooray!
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  5. Great by ArchieBunker · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sounds just as productive as Netscape 4.0, probably works just as well too. Such a great piece of software that was... print preview gave a divide by zero error.

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  6. Re:Hmm, Sounds Like a Browsers... by Photar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its like AOL for firefox :)

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  7. Ego 2.0? by Duncan3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks to me like a web browser, with extentions for all the things people who think the world cares what they say and have an ego so big it needs a 2.0 need in a browser - blogs and photos.

    But seriously, anything that keeps teens out of the real world where they would be destroying things or taking jobs away from hard working illegal aliens, I'm 100% behind!

    Go Flock yourself!

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  8. Target audience? by Mayhem178 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some of the features include drag-and-drop photo uploading for Flickr and Photobucket, an in-built RSS aggregator, direct blogging tool, and shared favorites/bookmarks.

    Emo kids, unite!

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  9. Wow... it's already in Fedora!? by Erisian+Pope · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems that it has some really sweet features for locking files. Though I have to admit I don't see quite how to use it to browse the web.
    flock (util-linux 2.13-pre7)
    Usage: flock [-sxun][-w #] fd#
    flock [-sxon][-w #] file [-c] command...
    -s --shared Get a shared lock
    -x --exclusive Get an exclusive lock
    -u --unlock Remove a lock
    -n --nonblock Fail rather than wait
    -w --timeout Wait for a limited amount of time
    -o --close Close file descriptor before running command
    -c --command Run a single command string through the shell
    -h --help Display this text
    -V --version Display version

    1. Re:Wow... it's already in Fedora!? by ndogg · · Score: 4, Funny
      Uhm...try typing `man flock`
      You will probably notice its not a browser

      Let me guess, you did the following:
      $ man humor
      No manual entry for humor
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      // file: mice.h
      #include "frickin_lasers.h"
  10. And like last time flock was mentioned on /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I ran, I ran so far away.

  11. Re:Hmm, Sounds Like a Browsers... by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Funny

    PFI_Optix wrote:

    and frankly I just don't do much of that online any more. I'm too busy networking away from the internet

    ... but not too busy to make 18 posts in the last 3 days to 9 different articles :-)

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    ... and today ain't over yet ...

    So I guess that "I'm too busy away from teh intarweb thingee" pose isn't working so well.

  12. The only difference between... by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...BS 2.0 and BS 1.0 is that the former smells twice as bad.

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  13. Oh... FLOCK by oahazmatt · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Flock the web 2.0 browser"... okay. I misread that and though Slashdot articles had gotten rather blunt all of a sudden.

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  14. Re:Used since first Alpha by corbettw · · Score: 3, Funny

    They get in the way and ask stupid questions.

    Like what?

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  15. Re:don't get it by Eideewt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Flock is hard to pronounce? What the hell are you talking about?

  16. Re:Hype, hype, hype and even more hype by kindbud · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Performancing?!?!?!" I really hate it when people verbize nouns. Just stop it.

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  17. Re:Used since first Alpha by pedalman · · Score: 2, Funny
    But we don't WANT non-geeks on our Internet! They get in the way and ask stupid questions.
    Then just tell them to get the Flock out of here.
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  18. flock of ...Segulls? by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will this make my hair look strange? Will clouds of fog evelop me and will ambigously looking people be ridding hourses to new wave vibes? I'll have to admit, I'm a bit frightened by the whole concept. I think I saw a hichcock movie about this whole thing.

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  19. Re:Different (key)strokes by AlgorithMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    different needs and tastes? thats pointless... just force people into being as brilliant as me and everything's fine... ;)

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