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Can we have Flock without a browser...?! - Version: 2.0b2, 7/20/2008 11:30AM PST
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:: MILE ::
No, seriously -- I am still waiting to find a native Mac app that combines all those social networks and services, instead of being forced to jump through different browser windows...! It's about time someone came up with that -- and since Safari has always been the browser of my choice maybe the Flock guys could actually concentrate on building a really good "social" app instead of trying to compete with other web browsers...?!
Useful as an extra app. 
- Version: 1.2.3, 7/16/2008 01:23AM PST
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sheepguy42
While I still do most of my general browsing in Safari (clean, fast, simple, elegant) I usually keep Flock open in the background. Why? Because—as another reviewer already mentioned—it is excellent at doing what it's meant to. Its integration with so many social sites (facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Blogger, and more...) is unsurpassed. Itsintegration with Yahoo Mail and Gmail is great—though I prefer to check my Gmail using Apple's Mail. throw in the PicLens extension for mozilla-based browsers (it says for Firefox but works in Flock as well) and you have a social media (read "friends' pics posted online anywhere) powerhouse. I also love the built in blogging tool—while I really need to use it more, I love the fact that despite being free it works smoothly and uniformly with no less than 6 of the most popular free blogging sites.
Is it perfect? No, but no one browser truly is. I'd like to see better integration with other software, especially iLife apps, iCal, Mail, and Address Book. I don't want to replace these with an all-in-one,I just want to be able to access their data as needed sometimes w/o opening or switching to them.
I guess I'd also like the blogging tool to be turned into a full journal, but a) I suspect that I'd be better served with a separate app for that and b) I only really want this from Flock because it's posting mechanism works so well across all those blogging sites. If only one of the free journal apps could do that....
Flock is a specialty browser... - Version: 1.2.1, 5/31/2008 08:53AM PST
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leoofborg1
All posts about who has the most grey hairs aside, Flock is an excellent browser for what it is DESIGNED FOR.
* Aggregating media and content [RSS updates from Facebook, Flickr, Digg, etc]
* Updates from your 'Friends' [also via the above].
* Blogging. Since I've moved to LiveJournal, which is a bit clunky, the one off web blogger in Flock is a lot more apropo than say, Ecto or MarsEdit.
I'm sure that if you bug the Flock people that MAYBE they'd add USPS label printing from eBay or whatever if enough users wanted it. Tho', probably not.
As to the password thing this is something endemic to Gecko based browsers. Some of the browsers have it down [Camino], some may not.
If you want consistency, then use 1Password. I [also] do.
Flock is not crapware by any stretch of the imagination. If you want an 'all things to all people' application, be prepared to shell out the dough. If you really want examples of crapware read my last review... [smirk]
* Aggregating media and content [RSS updates from Facebook, Flickr, Digg, etc]
* Updates from your 'Friends' [also via the above].
* Blogging. Since I've moved to LiveJournal, which is a bit clunky, the one off web blogger in Flock is a lot more apropo than say, Ecto or MarsEdit.
I'm sure that if you bug the Flock people that MAYBE they'd add USPS label printing from eBay or whatever if enough users wanted it. Tho', probably not.
As to the password thing this is something endemic to Gecko based browsers. Some of the browsers have it down [Camino], some may not.
If you want consistency, then use 1Password. I [also] do.
Flock is not crapware by any stretch of the imagination. If you want an 'all things to all people' application, be prepared to shell out the dough. If you really want examples of crapware read my last review... [smirk]
