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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Date added: May 18, 2009
- Total Downloads: 10,820
- Downloads last week: 60
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 19 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Flock is designed to streamline and emphasize how you interface with social networking sites, RSS and media feeds, and blogs. Because it's built on Firefox 3, its behavior will feel familiar and it supports most--but not all--Firefox extensions. And yes, the "awesome bar" is part of the latest version.
Flock's social network savvy sidebar is the reason to get this browser. 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. Feature-focused, 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 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. New users will likely find it overwhelming at first, but it really does give you a more comprehensive and real-time view into your social network than you can get otherwise.
Publisher's description
From Flock :Flock is an award-winning browser, built on Mozillas Firefox technology and designed for the way we use the web today. With Flock, you can easily connect with friends, share with them, and receive updates effortlessly. The Flock browser is safe, free, and fun.
What's new in this version:
- Based on the Firefox 3 technology, providing a faster, safer, and more stable web surfing experience.
- Incorporated Mozilla's 3.0.10 patch for Firefox.
- Facebook Chat has been integrated as an Instant Messaging service. Facebook Chat User Guide
- Twitter features in the People Sidebar have undergone a complete overhaul, and now allow for several new options. People Sidebar User Guide
- Twitter Live Results have been added to the search chrome.
- ... see all new features
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Version: Flock 2.5
Pros: Integration with other SNSs
Cons: speed, maybe
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Version: Flock 2.5
"Great Social Networking Browser"
Pros: Stay connected with most major social networking sites.
Easy to navigate it's features.
Based on FireFox technologies.
Tabbed Browsing (pretty much a standard now)Cons: Not faster than Safari
Due to large amounts of feeds, the browser can seem slower than usual even on a fast connection.Summary: Outside of the speed issue, this is an incredibly useful browser for those who use social networking sites. It's FireFox under pinnings means it has a solid foundation, but does not get updated as often as it's FireFox cousin. This gets a 4 our 5 ... read more >>
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