Posts Tagged ‘Flock’
This is the end…
Netscape 9 users will receive an auto-update to version 9.0.0.6 which will display this box:
Tags: Browsers, Firefox, Flock, Netscape, Software
Netscape now also recommends Flock
When Netscape closed, they recommended that their current users moved to Firefox.
But now, Netscape Recommends Flock, Too and have published a howto guide if you want to migrate from Netscape to Flock.
Related postsTags: Browsers, Firefox, Flock, Netscape, Software
Facebook trying to get rid of the "is"
As you may or may not know, I use the social browser Flock and loving it — except it doesn't support WordPress' tagging system :-( — but today I noticed something strange.
In my Facebook people sidebar in Flock all of my friends' statuses what suddenly saying "is is" instead of just "is". For instance: "Søren is is confused".
Since I haven't updated Flock I assumed, that the issue related to Facebook itself. So I did the only decent thing and asked Google.
And what pops up as the first result? A blog post from Flock's community ambassador, Evan Hamilton, explaining this issue.
The reason for the "is is": Apparently Facebook is trying to get rid of the "is" in the status messages, to give the users a broader use of the status updates. What at nice thing to do, to blog about it :-)
"Lars is is happy" ;-)
Related postsTags: Browsers, Facebook, Flock, Social web, Software
Surfing Facebook just got a whole lot better
And I owe it all to the new beta (release candidate 3) of the social browser Flock.
I've been testing the beta for some time now, but it wasn't until now that I discovered the actual power of the People sidebar. Whenever people update their profile on Facebook, the sidebar updates itself. I can also choose to sort by name if I'd prefer that. And I can search through my friends.
Plus I can view my friends' media directly in Flock, I don't even have to visit the profile and click "View photos of %username%". Now that is sweet.
To the developers at Flock: That's a mighty fine piece of work!
The People sidebar also supports accounts on YouTube, Flickr and Twitter (not Jaiku, sadly…).
Related postsTags: Browsers, Facebook, Flock, Social web, Software
TechCrunch and I agree: Flock 1.0 is nice
After running alpha builds of the 1.1 I just got my invitation to the private beta of the upcoming 1.0 version of the social web browser Flock.
Duncan Riley at TechCrunch feels the same way about Flock 1.0 as I do: Flock 1.0 Beta Released: Surprisingly Very Good
I'm not going to go further into the functionality of the new version, since Riley covers this very well in his post.
Get Flocking, people :-)
For those of you that might not know: Flock is build on the Mozilla Firefox core, which means that a whole lot of Firefox extensions will work with Flock as well.
Related postsTags: Browsers, Firefox, Flock, Mozilla, Social web, Software
Flock 1.0 is underway
The Flock team has introduced the 1.0 version of the social web browser at TechCrunch 40.
One of the new features in the new version, that I've had the change to test in a nightly build of Flock, is the People sidebar. What is basically does is, that it, for instance, shows your Facebook friends in the left sidebar, when you're logged into Facebook.
From the sidebar you'll have various options. For more information, watch this People tutorial which gives a pretty good introduction.
Right now I'm sitting on Flock 1.1a1pre and People isn't really working here, so no sense in downloading the latest Flock trunk right now.
Instead you could sign up for the Flock 1.0 beta — which I have just done.
As Flock 1.0 is on its way, Flock 0.7 is sliding into the dark.
Related postsTags: Browsers, Flock, Social web, Software, Trunk
Get Flocking in five minutes
Evan Hamilton from the Flock team informs us that they have created a "getting started" guide to the Flock Browser.
Even though it's kinda short (according to Evan you should be able to learn how to flock in five minutes) I think it pretty well covers the most important areas of Flock. An interactive "getting started guide" — maybe created in Flash — would also be nice, however :-)
Related postsTags: Browsers, Flock, Software
I nearly forgot: Flock 0.9 is out
Woops, I nearly forgot to mention, that Flock 0.9 is out — a browser that I have been fortunate enough to test prior to its release.
And I must say, this is a browser beyond browsers out there. Even though it's built on Mozilla's popular Firefox browser, it adds a whole new social dimension to browsing, and I'm loving every click of it.
And because of that, among other things, Flock has had great reception. So my congrats to the Flock team for a neat release. Already looking forward to the next version! :D
Seriously… you need to check out Flock 0.9.
Related postsTags: Browsers, Firefox, Flock, Mozilla
Safari style address bar in Firefox
One of the few things I like about the Mac browser Safari is the combined address bar and loader. But now you don't have to have Firefox Safari to get that feature.
Just use the Fission extension, which I'm using right now — yes, it works with Flock (0.9 Beta) as well!
Related postsTags: Browsers, Extensions, Firefox, Flock
Testing Flock 0.9
From now I'm testing Flock 0.9 Beta, the new beta release of the social browser, which lets you do tons of stuff directly in the browser.
I've only just installed it, so I haven't really noticed anything different from 0.8.0.99 except better stability.
As a great feature the Flock guys have created a page, where you can compare Flock 0.7 to 0.9 which give you a much better view of all the new features — it's not just peanuts!
![Flock 0.9 [0.8.99]](http://static.flickr.com/1361/537234344_cd422b0d5c_m.jpg)
Tags: Browsers, Flock, Social web