Flock vs. Firefox
I just don’t get why Flock exists. Admittedly, I’ve only been trying the new beta for all of 20 minutes, but it is simply the same as Firefox. In fact, I had to install the Performancing plugin to post this entry as the Flock blogging client is too skimpy (no categories?!).
Can someone please tell me how Flock sets itself apart from Firefox? What is its mission? How could it not have accomplished that mission with a suite of plugins and skins for Firefox? Why “develop” a whole new browser?
I understand this is just a beta, but the only hint of the value this may have is in the integration of the photo tools and the bookmark sharing tools. These are not that compelling to me or to a huge swath of the market. The tools are very nicely done. My hope and the only logical thing is that they become a platform for building API-based tools into Flock. Hopefully, these few tools with which they’ve started are only to prove their concept and the company or third-parties can use the copious numbers of APIs popping up to develop their own tools based on these UI and communication foundations.
I don’t want to be a naysayer. I just want to see the light.
June 28th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
[...]I’m testing this post now with the Flock built in blogging tool and the categories seem to be available. You just need to publish first, then you are presented with the ability to categorize the post.I’m glad Flock exists, if for no other reason than to make Firefox better[...]
July 2nd, 2006 at 2:12 am
Dude, are you blind? Look at Flock. HOW is it the same browser as Firefox? Firefox it may be underneath but there is something much more special about Flock than Firefox. For starters, in my opinion Flock is aesthetically pleasing out of the box. You can add blog entries to Wordpress, Drupal, etc, with integrated right click. No crappy 3rd party extensions to install. Pure functionality. You want to copy my words down for later so you can butcher them in a rite of blog purification? Enter Flock’s wonderous web snippets feature, so simple, so accessible…often I am pondering why it took this long to introduce this very simple feature into a web browser. It is the innovation of Flock dev team that sets it apart from Firefox. Flock’s slogan pretty much sums it up: Flock. The browser for you and your friends.
Be friendly.
Try Flock again and explore some of it’s integrated functionality and resources and you might follow my lead and uninstall Firefox from your system. Fight the power.
July 28th, 2006 at 1:28 am
They are nowhere near the same. They have the same rendering engine and they can share some of the same extensions. Other then that Flock is completely new.
Here’s how to get the most out of Flock:
-Make sure you configure all your accounts when prompted.
-Install the Google Notebook and Google Toolbar Extensions. Also install the Blogger Extension.
-Install Performancing like you already have.
-For sidebars, I highly reccomend the All-In-One Sidebar.
-If you don’t have a Writely account and you are interested: SIGN UP BECAUSE WITH FLOCKS FEATURES IT’S LIKE 10X BETTER!!!
-Also if you like to be extra secure, use the McAfee Site Advisor, Adblock, and Noscript.
Am I an Extension Junky? Yes. But combine the power of Flock, Performancing, Google Notebook, and Writely, and that in itself is the ultimate blogging tool. Now they just need to organize their Favorites. All the more reason go keep Performancing around though, it has access to your del.icio.us account.
February 21st, 2007 at 1:55 pm
does anyone know if with using flock you can upload into photobucket several images at the same time - ie with out having to individually choose each image ?
sounds basic but having just downloaded flock hopefully to save time Im beginning to think that maybe this is not possible. at present I have to click each image into the uploading box