Comments on: Flock browser: Is it worth the switch? http://tiffanybbrown.com/2006/06/28/flock-browser-is-it-worth-the-switch/ A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:03:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: radioassassin http://tiffanybbrown.com/2006/06/28/flock-browser-is-it-worth-the-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-364 radioassassin Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:22:47 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/viewqb.php/676#comment-364 I have been using flock, primarily at work. I don't really enjoy the posting pictures aspect, although the idea is cool, I find it cumbersome in practice. I admit it works better with flickr than it does with photobucket, but as someone who is not an obsessive picture-poster, that feature is not enough to sell me on the browser. I do enjoy blog posting from my browser, if only because it makes it easier to blog at work. The code it produces is atrocious, but I like the ease of the drag-and-post features. I also really like the built in spell-checker. I will probably continue to use it at work, where they don't want me upgrading my Internet explorer, but don't mind me downloading other browsers. At home, however, I will most likely continue with my IE Beta 7.3. I have not been convinced, even after extensive use, that there is any real benefit in a switch, esp. since I am already a bloglines subscriber. I have been using flock, primarily at work. I don’t really enjoy the posting pictures aspect, although the idea is cool, I find it cumbersome in practice. I admit it works better with flickr than it does with photobucket, but as someone who is not an obsessive picture-poster, that feature is not enough to sell me on the browser.
I do enjoy blog posting from my browser, if only because it makes it easier to blog at work. The code it produces is atrocious, but I like the ease of the drag-and-post features. I also really like the built in spell-checker. I will probably continue to use it at work, where they don’t want me upgrading my Internet explorer, but don’t mind me downloading other browsers. At home, however, I will most likely continue with my IE Beta 7.3. I have not been convinced, even after extensive use, that there is any real benefit in a switch, esp. since I am already a bloglines subscriber.

]]> By: knightcrawler http://tiffanybbrown.com/2006/06/28/flock-browser-is-it-worth-the-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-308 knightcrawler Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:02:31 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/viewqb.php/676#comment-308 Needs more work but it does look pretty good. I hope the cool search bar gets made for firefox. I love getting searches as I type. Needs more work but it does look pretty good. I hope the cool search bar gets made for firefox. I love getting searches as I type.

]]> By: j. brotherlove http://tiffanybbrown.com/2006/06/28/flock-browser-is-it-worth-the-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-301 j. brotherlove Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:55:01 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/viewqb.php/676#comment-301 Flock is definitely picking up speed on word-of-mouth but I agree that it needs a bit more work for me to use as a primary browser. The Flickr/del.icio.us integration is cool but I don't use either service enough for that to be a draw. More importantly, that code leaves a lot to be desired. I can log into my blogging software just as easily and get the exact results I expect. It's seriously in beta so we'll see what happens. Flock is definitely picking up speed on word-of-mouth but I agree that it needs a bit more work for me to use as a primary browser.

The Flickr/del.icio.us integration is cool but I don’t use either service enough for that to be a draw. More importantly, that code leaves a lot to be desired. I can log into my blogging software just as easily and get the exact results I expect.

It’s seriously in beta so we’ll see what happens.

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