Do you Flock?
I’m a bit of a flip-flopper when it comes to web browsers. Back in the day I swapped between Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator then between Internet Explorer and Firefox.
I swapped to Firefox because it supported tabs and then back to Internet Explorer when version 7 introduced tabs. In the intervening period I dabbled with Safari because it looked nice, it was pretty fast and it supported CSS3. It had some serious bugs though, the two I couldn’t live with were TinyMCE not working and textboxes randomly losing text.
I was browsing the BBC News website last night and read the story about Netscape Navigator officially being discontinued. It had links to other browsers, including Flock which I’ve seen people write about but never tried. I downloaded it last night and set it as my default browser today. It’s great.
It integrates Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Blogger and many other services into the browser. There are too many features to list, you’ll just have to go and download it and check it out for yourself. It’s based on Firefox so it’s pretty robust and better at standards than Internet Explorer. It’s got a bit of a bug in the textbox where it randomly inserts carriage returns but that’s the only bug I’ve found so far. My only complaint is that to use all the features you need a 50″ screen!
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Bah Humbug!
When I were a lad we had things called ‘BOOKS’ that was as lap top and multimedia as you got in them days kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 1st, 2008 at 9:56 pmAnd I bet you had to walk 14 mile across ploughed fields in your bare feet to get to school as well.
March 1st, 2008 at 10:16 pmSchool!
Lad, when I were a nipper the Copservatives were ravaging scotland.
All the schools were burnt down, bull dozed and sold to cambodia, then we got flogged for not sitting at our desks!
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:37 pmIt was probably the Welsh confusing them for English holiday cottages.
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:41 pmI’ve never heard of Flock and I have a wide screen monitor so I’ll give it a try. Thanks for the tip.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:53 pm