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Flock: The Browser for the Modern WebShare Photos, Videos, and More with FlockIf you love photos, videos, and social networking on the web, Flock is the browser for you.
Gone are the days of static web pages. Interactivity is all the rage. Call it what you want (the reigning buzzword of the moment is “Web 2.0”), but sites like Flickr, YouTube, Digg, and Facebook have changed the face of how we interact with our media - and with each other - across the internet. What is Flock?Flock is a free, next-generation web browser built on the popular and stable Mozilla Firefox engine. According to the company, it brings “a refreshing new approach to how people use and participate on the web.” Many of the hottest social web applications are built into Flock, allowing users to easily write blog posts, upload photos and videos, comment in social communities, follow RSS feeds, and keep up with friends. Browsing with FlockFlock includes standard web browser features - the browser window, navigation buttons, bookmark toolbar, and URL bar. People in the BrowserHere’s where Flock gets exciting. The Sidebar allows you to view a tabbed interface of all of your favorite social communities. See friends’ updates and post comments and replies. Keep up with what’s going on! Tools for SharingFlock incorporates ties to popular media and publishing sites. You can upload photos straight from Flock to sites like Flickr, Picasa, and Photobucket. You can write a blog post in Flock’s blog editor and immediately publish it to various platforms like Blogger, LiveJournal, or WordPress. Webmail is built in for users of Gmail, AOL Mail, and Yahoo Mail. Use the Web Clipboard to save snippets of cool things you find online to post later to your blog. Flock also includes an RSS feed reader. The “media minibar” is another great feature. It allows you to view previews of photo and video content from your favorite media sites, without having to load them in your browser. Click on a Flickr contact’s stream in the People Sidebar, and their most recent photos show up in a film strip across the top of your browser. Mouse over a photo to see a larger preview, or click on it to load its photo page into your browser. Keeping up with your friends and their content has never been easier. Supported ServicesHere’s a list of the sites and services supported in Flock version 1.2: Social communities:
Media and Blogging sites:
Online Favorites & Webmail
Flock version 1.2 runs on the Firefox 2 engine. As of this writing, Flock version 2 is in beta testing. It is based on the new Firefox 3 engine. If you’ve come to trust the security and stability of Firefox, but want an interface that better reflects what you do most on the web, check out Flock. You can download it free at flock.com. Source: Flock.com
The copyright of the article Flock: The Browser for the Modern Web in Web Browsers is owned by Shelly Hokanson. Permission to republish Flock: The Browser for the Modern Web in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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