[pman68]

Sounds interesting:

FLOCK™

[Abit667]

That website just insured i'll never install it.

[Mastrap]

That website just sold you insurance?

Oh, and you'd be missing out:
Wired Link

[Krypton]

Anyone got any pics? Any idea what the fuss is about?

[rjenkinson]

Originally Posted by Abit667

That website just insured i'll never install it.

what are your premiums like?

-r.

[PBG4 User]

Originally Posted by Abit667

That website just insured i'll never install it.

I can't browse the internet but I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance!

[Kevin]

Sounds promising. Lets hope it fits the hype.

I LOVE Safari, but would ditch it in a second if something better came out.

[turtle777]

Doesn't look very professional at all...

-t

[Salty]

Weird... are they gona have a Mac version?

[milhous]

just signed up and i'm willing to give it a shot. watch it be a large java app or something.

[rickey939]

Weak.

[Millennium]

Um... so what does it do?

[TETENAL]

Is that the browser from that 14 year old wonder-kid that is 10 times faster and also plays DVDs?

[production_coordinator]

I'll stick with cyberdog... thank you very much!

[Mastrap]

Originally Posted by Millennium

Um... so what does it do?

Read the Wired article?

[Kerrigan]

Basically it is, uh, well, it has multiple dynamic service interfaces including the ability to integrate RSS and delicious data streams as well as coordinate you in real time with your subscriptions and access privileges. On top of that it can sync your space sprockets and coagulate your dot-com.

[PurpleGiant]

Originally Posted by production_coordinator

I'll stick with cyberdog... thank you very much!

That bloated piece of crap? I'm sticking with Mosaic!

[zizban]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Basically it is, uh, well, it has multiple dynamic service interfaces including the ability to integrate RSS and delicious data streams as well as coordinate you in real time with your subscriptions and access privileges. On top of that it can sync your space sprockets and coagulate your dot-com.

But can it bring goRickey out of retirement?

[rickey939]

Originally Posted by zizban

But can it bring goRickey out of retirement?

[Sarc]

that is the least informative website I have ever seen (for a web browser anyway)

[Cubeoid]

www.roundtwo.com Uh....

[yukon]

The wired article explains it, a "social browser", features for blogging and bookmark sharing etc. IMHO it's probably unnecessary and it appears to be diverting resources/visionaries from the Firefox team....I haven't seen the product of their new work yet, so all I can say is either negitive or hype. Personally, I'd prefer the improvement of the extremely imperfect browsers available now, or a much better replacement for them....specializing browsers for certain uses of the web, I don't like the idea but maybe it'll work better than I imagine.

[PurpleGiant]

I don't care what the gimmicks or features are, the more people that use standards compliant browsers, the better for everyone.

[Cubeoid]

people are like some kind of animals, they like gimmicks.

[Athens]

that sick is a total turn off

[Big Mac]

This thread was supposed to be a joke, right?

[JoshuaZ]

What the Flock.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

What the Flock.

-t

[budster101]

Two-way internet browsing... so if I'm looking at a page, they are looking at me? Weird.
Or,

"We will never spam you"
No, they'll just use their two-way technology and spam others in your name maybe?

Horrible looking site, and they just insured I'll never use it.

[wdlove]

Not a friendly site. Hard on the eyes.

[MindFad]

Down with bastardized US English's interchangeable words.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by budster101

Horrible looking site, and they just insured I'll never use it.

What's the premium on your insurance ?

-t

[Mastrap]

Andy Smith and Ann Xiang aren't idiots. Geeks yes, idiots no. I'd suggest to withhold judgement until the product is out.

And I like the site design too.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Mastrap

Andy Smith and Ann Xiang aren't idiots. Geeks yes, idiots no.

Well, their announcment sounds like vaporware. I'm sure they didn't intend that, but that's how it sounds. And they are not really going out of their way to give facts.

-t

[pman68]

Looks like it's out. I like the interface.

FLOCK

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally Posted by pman68

Looks like it's out. I like the interface.

FLOCK

It looks like an updated iCab.

[Mastrap]

I like it. It has tons of functionality if you're into blogging, social bookmarking, flickr and all the rest of it. ICab? Not so much.

Oh, and it's snappy™

[chris v]

So if a bucket of source code and developer binaries sound enticing...

And if it doesn't?

[Turias]

I like it too. It seems to have most of the benefits of Firefox (it's built off of the Firefox code), with some really neat extra functionality. I love the idea of the del.icio.us integration. The current way that browsers do bookmarks just doesn't work.

Sadly, Flock is definitely still pre-beta. I'm getting hit with bugs left and right.

[Turias]

le double post

[Eriamjh]

I like the dog, but I've never used the app.

[TETENAL]

I used it. It was sort of cool, but it sucked that it didn't support frames.

[OwlBoy]

frames suck

-Owl

[lngtones]

Flock is all hype. Face it, Flock has the feeling of a RealBasic app crapped out one afternoon. It's very buzzword compliant though. WHOA MAN! delicious! firefox! flickr! blogs! open source! Dude how can it not be cool!?!?!? Flock is a piece of crap. At least it's appropriately named. The only people that are going to fall for this crap are the masses who act like flocks of sheep.

Baaaaah, baaaaah.



Follow me! Follow me! Send money!! Baaah!

Case of point, the about Flock page is just a bunch of pictures of the people who made it. It could be a new wallpaper or something else and people would still think this is cool.

This is all about the cool club, buzzwords, people making money off the Flock, and people peddling bullcrap.

[Cubeoid]

Cyberdog, was that a pre Safari browser from Apple?

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Cubeoid

Cyberdog, was that a pre Safari browser from Apple?

Yes... a very old one.

[Mastrap]

Originally Posted by lngtones

Flock is all hype. Face it, Flock has the feeling of a RealBasic app crapped out one afternoon. It's very buzzword compliant though. WHOA MAN! delicious! firefox! flickr! blogs! open source! Dude how can it not be cool!?!?!? Flock is a piece of crap. At least it's appropriately named. The only people that are going to fall for this crap are the masses who act like flocks of sheep.

Baaaaah, baaaaah.



Follow me! Follow me! Send money!! Baaah!

Case of point, the about Flock page is just a bunch of pictures of the people who made it. It could be a new wallpaper or something else and people would still think this is cool.

This is all about the cool club, buzzwords, people making money off the Flock, and people peddling bullcrap.

You have obviously no idea what Flock is all about.

1. Fock is free, so nobody is asking you for money.
2. Flock is Firefox with extensions build into the code base. This means that it's basic functionality as a browser is identical to Firefox. It certaily isn't a 'real basic etc'
3. Flock is not for everyone. If you're not into social browsing in all it's manifestations then Firefox or Safari is the far better choice for you.
4. It's not a piece of crap, it's Firefox with added functionality.
5. Reading and comprehending before posting is generally deemed to be a good idea. At least if you don't want to come across sounding like an idiot.

[Ratm]

It's based on firefox. Here's a screenshot.

[iluvmymactoo]

Wow just what we need another browser.

[Big Mac]

Originally Posted by Cubeoid

Cyberdog, was that a pre Safari browser from Apple?

It was Apple's first browser, based on OpenDoc.