Flock 0.7.4.1 Beta update

[efc]

Flock comes from the Firefox family. The latest update incorporates Firefox update 1.5.0.5.
Features


http://www.flock.com/download/images/photos.png Photos (Show me more → (http://www.flock.com/tour/))

Share and discover. Use drag and drop to share your photos, including built-in support for Flickr (http://flickr.com/) and Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/). Subscribe to your friends' photo streams and be the first to know when they upload new pics.

http://www.flock.com/download/images/search.png Search (Show me more → (http://www.flock.com/tour/search))

Delivering results. Search your favorites, your history, and the entire web, as you type. Popular search engines are always within reach.

http://www.flock.com/download/images/news.png News (Show me more → (http://www.flock.com/tour/news))

Get the scoop on what matters to you, pronto. Click the http://www.flock.com/themes/flock/images/rss.png button in the address bar to start building your own personal news service, updated with fresh content every hour.

http://www.flock.com/download/images/blog.png Blogging (Show me more → (http://www.flock.com/tour/blogging))

Post almost anywhere with our easy-to-use built-in blog editor. Drag and drop photos or text snippets from any web site.

http://www.flock.com/download/images/star.png Favorites (Show me more → (http://www.flock.com/tour/favorites))

Click the blue star to mark any page as a favorite. Search your favorites from the search box, sync your favorites between multiple computers, or tag and share them with others.



Download Flock 0.7.4.1 (http://www.flock.com/download/)

[rik]

So you are using Flock and like it?

[rohitk89]

I tried it and un-installed it for the following reasons:

1. It doesn't support the photo sharing site I use.
2. I don't like the live search functionality and the fact that Yahoo! is their default search engine.
3. The news reader is good but neither does it sync with Bloglines like GreatNews nor does it do anything that the Sage extension for Firefox doesn't already do. Moreover, there is no Bloglines notifier extension for Flock.
4. The blog tool is very primitive.
5. The bookmark to del.icio.us feature is decent but, once again, very primitive. It doesn't let you tag your bookmarks. The del.icio.us plugin for Firefox does all of this and more.

The GUI of the browser is wonderful but not reason enough to facilitate a shift from Firefox.

[efc]

We use for different reasons.

I like:
1. Cnt'l, shift, n opens a sidebar with all of the rss feeds that I use. Currently I have eleven feeds. The feature makes it easy to keep up with them.

2: Spell check. Helps me not look stupid at TZ. (Well maybe not).:D

3. Click the blue star on the address bar to add a site to favorites.

4. Ability to create additional Favorite toolbars which are accessible via a down arrow.

I still keep Firefox near by. I just use it less and less. Remember that most of the good things about Firefox also apply to Flock.

[rohitk89]

Firefox 2 Beta 1 comes with a spell checker. Sage displays all your feeds in a side bar too. Then again, to each his own :D