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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: July 23, 2007
- Total Downloads: 114,590
- Downloads last week: 1,575
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- Average user rating: stars out of 84 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
There's a lot to like in this beta release of Flock 1.0, if you're into social networking. Built on Firefox, it's designed to make interfacing with social networking sites extremely easy.
The browser loads pages well, but the Quick Search dialog box doesn't like it when you switch search engines, it just opens them in a new browser. Most, but not all, regular Firefox extensions work, too.
Flock's social network savvy sidebar is the reason to get this browser. Nine buttons at the top of the collapsible sidebar make accessing any of your social networking or frequently used Web sites easier than Twittering what you had for breakfast. Each button either helps you get your message out faster, like dragging-and-dropping photos into Flickr, or helps you read your friends' messages quicker, like the integrated RSS feed reader.
The People button turns the sidebar into a nifty way to track all your social networking accounts. Your avatar is displayed on the left, while the right contains links for new messages and new comments. The bottom holds the links to upload new media when applicable and a hot link to open or close your media stream.
There are also hot links to most major blogging sites, and if you choose to configure it for your own self-published blog, Flock guides you through the process. Even though it's resource-heavy, Flock is the way to go if Twittering, Facebooking, or YouTubing is how you spend most of your online time.
Publisher's description
From Flock :Flock is a free Web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web. Flock gives users control over their Web experience by integrating a variety of Web applications and services into its browser, and making participation online easy. Flocks design leverages a simple, elegant interface to deliver a powerful interactive experience thats accessible to power users and everyday mortals alike. Flock is committed to innovation and forward movement, and users can expect something fun and new--designed just for them--every few months.
Version 0.9.0.1 features enhanced favorites management, support for video and a new, easier interface have vastly improved the Flock experience.
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Version 0.9.0.1 features enhanced favorites management, support for video and a new, easier interface have vastly improved the Flock experience.
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User reviews of Flock 0.9.0.1
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 84 votes
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Flock 0.9.0.1
Pros: worthless
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Flock 0.9.0.1
Pros: Even though this browser is basically Firefox with a spoofed up theme and a little extra features, I found that the browser actually responds better to your surfing than Firefox does, by all means I'm not saying that Firefox is a bad browser, because I've been an avid day by day Firefox user, but when I downloaded Flock, I did realize a great improvement the way websites responded as in speed. This is a fantastic browser, it's worth checking out, I'm glad I did.
Cons: Could use more extensions, which I do believe will be existing in later versions.
Other than that, this browser is solid. Can't wait for future releases.
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Version: Flock 0.9.0.1
Pros: The ability to instantly blog, upload photos or watch your videos on YouTube is fine indeed, but this is still a beta and still has issues to iron out - I cannot use the blog tool to connect to blogger, the use of add ons is very hit and miss, and the gui keeps removing bits of itself. The RSS feed reader is another handy tool, but it, like favourites, won't allow you to order listings alphabetically.
Cons: It's still a beta. But try it anyway.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Flock 0.9.0.1
Pros: why would you want another browser? ridiculous idea
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