Flock (web browser)
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| File:Flock browser screenshot xp.png Flock 0.7.1 beta release | |
| Developer(s) | Flock |
|---|---|
| Preview release | none (n/a) [±] |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | GPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license |
| Website | www.flock.com |
Flock is both a web browser heavily based upon Mozilla Firefox and other Mozilla technologies, and is also the name of the company developing the web browser. Flock's creators call it a "social browser", due to its ability to interact with popular social networking web services. Such web services include Flickr, Del.icio.us, Technorati, and various popular blogging and news aggregation services.
Features
The first technology preview released on June 22, 2006 had the following features:
- Bookmarks, in addition to being saved offline, can be replaced with del.icio.us. When a bookmark (known as a favorite) is added, it is added to the user's del.icio.us account
- Favorites can be tagged
- A favorites and history are integrated into the favorites manager
- Built-in full-text search using Clucene. Search as you type for pages in the cache
- Flickr integration
- Technorati tagging
- Blogging tools
- News aggregation
- "Drag-and-drop" capability and a clipboard like feature known as "The Shelf."
- Built-in spellcheck capability
Additional features in recent preview releases:
- Private bookmarking is supported with the introduction of the ability to store bookmarks at Shadows.
- A Yahoo! Maps topbar has been introduced. Addresses can be dragged into the topbar, whereupon they will be mapped by Yahoo! Maps. This feature was then removed, to be re-introduced at a later date. On July 17, 2006, the Yahoo! Maps Topbar was reintroduced as an extension.
- Uploading images to Photobucket is now supported.
Future development
The Flock developers are working on the second beta release, codenamed Danphe, which is planned for release in September 2006.
The company
Flock is the successor to Round Two who raised money from Bessemer Venture Partners, Catamount Ventures, Shasta Ventures, and other angel investors. Bart Decrem and Geoffrey Arone cofounded the company.
Spread Flock Campaign
- "Put a button on your web page or blog". Flock.com.
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References
- "Flock, Under Those Feathers". PaulStamatiou.com. October 21, 2005.
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