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RockMelt: Google Chrome, Only Better

Posted by timothy on from the red-hot-magma dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro has an in-depth review of RockMelt, a new browser which it claims is better than Google Chrome. RockMelt is built on the same Chromium core as Google's browser, but adds a host of social networking, news feed and search features that elevate it above Chrome. The App Edge, for example, 'allows you to set up feeds for anything from your Twitter or Gmail accounts to your favourite news sites, and get a little iPhone-style numeric reminder of the number of items awaiting your attention.' It does, however, lack Chrome's built-in Flash, PDF and audio players."

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  1. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It lacks features that would make it a better browser (like the awesome PDF reader), and adds social networking an an RSS reader, which I can just get by going to the appropriate websites on any browser. Great.

    1. Re:So... by man_of_mr_e · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Sounds more like "Google Chrome, only Worse, much worse" to me.

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    2. Re:So... by Bacon+Bits · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Does any body here remember when the Internet didn't suck the life out of you, and exhaust your will to see tomorrow?

      Well, SlashDot was founded in 1997 and Fark in 1999, so... no.

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  2. Flock by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Social media integration was such a great idea, and worked so well for Flock, I don't see why these guys could possibly fail.

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  3. Flock? by wasabioss · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They haven't learned the lesson from Flock, have they?

    I just want a goddamn browser, without any of the facebook twitter buttons and toolbars and shit. When I want to update my facebook status, I will get there.

  4. Plugin by Maxx169 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wouldn't the features described be more suited to a Chrome plugin (would that be feasible?) rather than a completely new browser?