Existing users, 
Flock
new type of web browser
Version: 2.0
An indication of quality...
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: lcmslutheran Tuesday, May 20 2008 @ 02:36 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: NO
I just went to my copy of Flock to see if I would get a notice of new software available - none. I went to the pulldown menu and clicked on "check on updates" and got a message that there are no new updates available. How can you claim to have something viable when you can't even detect your own software updates?
Comments
An indication of quality...? - Ancient_Boii_Tribe
You set that boy strait, but it was an honest mistake.Tuesday, May 20 2008 @ 08:56 PM PDT
An indication of quality... - jbjb2
The reason you didn't get indication from within your (Flock) browser of a newer version update is that this is a *beta* version. I'm not aware of any software that auto-updates to any beta version of their software. Auto-updates are usually only for full release versions, not for betas.To everyone dissing this browser, I've been using it (various beta versions of it) for a long time, and I LOVE it. The Flock development team are building a great product. It already does most of the things that Ancient_Boii_Tribe is asking for in his ideal browser (so it seems obvious he hasn't really given it a chance).. id/passwords, and you can even install most FireFox plugins (because it's built on the FireFox engine).
For objective users who might read this, I'd like to point out that there are loads of users (on both Mac and PC) who love this app, and wouldn't want to do without it. So don't believe all the trash-talk this is getting here at VT.
Wednesday, May 21 2008 @ 03:54 PM PDT
An indication of quality... - rampancy
With apps like 1Password, Mailplane, and Cyberduck, and other apps using Andy Matuschak's Sparkle, you can tell them to either check for stable releases, or leading-edge betas. Which is the way it should be.Of course, with the exception of Camino, all of the Mozilla-derived browsers I've seen use Netscape's old backwards version checking scheme.
Saturday, May 31 2008 @ 05:53 AM PDT
An indication of quality...? - tlv
This is a beta release, and it is indicated as such. Most updaters omit beta releases when checking for updates. Failure to detect a beta release is in no way indicative of an application's quality.Reply to This
Tuesday, May 20 2008 @ 10:08 AM PDT