Flock, the Web 2.0 Browser?

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!)"

Comments

Re:Get the Flock out of here!

[Anonymous Coward]

All but one. We'll let you figure out which one on your own.

Regards,

Andrew Schlesykyev, Flock head programmer

No M$N?! Oh.. wait NM thats great!

[Kranfer]

Another kick to Micro$oft's M$N search... I checked out the default search engines you can use with Flock and theres no M$N. I like that.

Re:Wow... it's already in Fedora!?

[smart.id]

Most people have this thing called a "filter." Without being too ironic, I think I can safely say that you do not have one. Please stop trying to do whatever it is you're trying to do.

Thank you.

I thought it was: +1, Patriotic

[Anonymous Coward]

F$ck George W. Bush, The World's Most Dangerous "Leader".

Sincerely,
Kilgore Trout, M.D.

Web 2.0 and user-centric experiences

[Cee]

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.

I find this kind of writing everywhere on the net. But why, why, why on Slashdot? Spare me from non-meaning phrases like "user-centric experience". And would that mean that the regular Firefox provides a machine-centric experience?

Why this will fail

[Anonymous Coward]

"enrich users' online experience"

Excuse me while I barf. God, but I hate yuppiespeak!

we are primarily focused on supporting the social dimension of the web, and on bringing information closer to the user. Right now this includes a heavy emphasis on the photo experience (from upload through discovery to notification), RSS support, dramatic improvements to the search box (including a new take on favorites), and blogging.

"Favorites?" The only browser that calls bookmarks "favorites" is Microsoft. "Enrich users' online experience" sounds like Microsoft yuppiemarketspeak as well.

We are trying to build a web browser for the tens of millions of users for whom social engagement (sharing pictures, talking to existing friends and discovering new ones) is what they enjoy doing online. That includes people on MySpace, LiveJournal, FaceBook and YouTube, for example.

Like I can't browse to those sites NOW with Firefox? I can't upload content with Firefox?

If you are a power user (hint: if you use del.icio.us or a news reader or if you visit Digg, that probably means you) and if you have decorated your browser with, oh, say, 20 extensions or more, Flock may not be for you.

Er, since this is slashdot... and come to think of it, Digg???

I get it, this is a browser for children!

(Non-MRC="magnolia")

luddite alert

[Anonymous Coward]

for a slashdot user you sure are a luddite. come on people, Flash + Flex are full-fledged IDEs. what other program can you use to create animations and applications in one fell swoop? and what the hell is wrong with a little animation? it would be a f*cking boring world if nothing ever moved and no stories were told.

Web 2.0 Browser?

[PhoenixPath]

Hardly.

Give me a browser optimized for technologies like AJAX, ASP, and javascript and *then* talk to me about a browser built for Web 2.0

This is just firefox with a bunch of pre-installed (unremoveavle) extensions.

It's a joke. And you can bet some jackass is laughing it off all the way to the bank.