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June 15, 2006
New browser takes work out of the web
Flock recently launched a public version of their web browser for “you and your friends” in an attempt to simplify the Internet, sharing digital photos, and blogging for everyone.
The browser, that allows you to become a “flockstar,” is easy to download and start using right away. The setup wizard asks a few questions about personalizing the browser (such as what types of news you want to be regularly updated on) and then lets you start just minutes later. It couldn’t be easier.
Flock has many features that make using the Internet a snap.
My favorite feature so far about the browser has to be the photos. Flock features “drag-and-drop” sharing in any text field that supports HTML. Instead of having to load the photo yourself, sometimes a tricky spot for users still new to web publishing, all you have to do is select your favorite photo and Flock writes the HTML code for you and even uploads it into your online photo sharing sites, such as Flickr and Photobucket.
With a feature like this, adding photos to comments on Myspace or a friend’s blog is a cinch.
Making Flock even more personable, you can set up feeds for your favorite sites and blogs, and determine which types of news (sports, technology, entertainment) you wanted regularly updated all within the convenience of one browser.
Want to blog? Flock has that covered as well. By establishing your blog (Flock works with almost all platforms) with the browser, creating a new blog entry is quick and easy. With the “web snippets” feature, you can start putting together a post as you read your favorite newspaper. By highlighting parts of the text, and dragging them to the snippets bar, the post takes life. Add links and photos, before uploading to your own blog straight from Flock, and you’re set.
Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch has been trying the new browser out and was pleased with the results so far.
“I’ve been running the most recent developer release on my Mac for the last few weeks and it is now my browser of choice,” Arrington said in a recent post.
I have a feeling the browser will become a popular choice with people looking to make the most of the time they spend in front of their computer updating not only themselves on the latest news and events, but friends and families through their blogs, social community accounts, etc.
Posted by Alicia Dorset at June 15, 2006 03:56 PM
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Comments
Wow, a new "web 2.0" browser! That's very interesting and very cool. Thanks for the great article Alicia.
Posted by: Dennis at June 16, 2006 10:57 AM
I've been using Flock for sometime now and it's indispensable!
Posted by: John Hood at June 16, 2006 12:03 PM


