Feb 29 2008
Flock, the social browser
I tried out the built-on-Mozilla-technology Flock browser today and found — to my horror — that the web has adverts.
You can imagine how shocked I was.
But ad blockers aside, Flock looks like a very nifty idea. And more than that, one that shouldn’t be relegated to a fringe-of-a-minority browser. Full integration of blogging, images, bookmarks and so on is as good a “next step” in browser technology as any. Even if you don’t use it, have a look at the idea behind it. Make an application out of the web.
I used to use Flock when it was in its early stages, but it had even more memory leaks than Firefox itself and I ended up switching back. It is really quite handy for loads of stuff though, a very nice idea. Even the in-built note-taking (it was called “shelf” when I last used it) was really well-done.
If you don’t like ads, though, I’m fairly sure Adblock works in Flock. It certainly used to (the same XPI can support multiple systems).