Flock – The Web 2.0 Browser
After some hesitation, I decided to install the Flock browser. Why Flock?
Ed Dale of the 30 Day Challenge has made Flock the official browser of the 30 Day Challenge. Last year the 30 DC used the Firefox browser. Last year because of the 30 DC I went from Internet Explorer to Firefox.
I grew to love Firefox, and if you have used Firefox you know it is much better than IE. So, moving from Firefox to Flock made me a little uneasy – but I have done it!
Flock is built on the same platform as Firefox so I was hoping all of my favorite Firefox features would be in Flock.
The Flock installation went well, and it tries to import all of your bookmarks, and history. It did that well, but I was hoping it would also import my Firefox customized toolbars and my Firefox extensions. It didn’t import my toolbars or Firefox extensions which was disappointing.
I had to go through and install my favorite extensions and toolbars into Flock. The good news is, it appears most of the Firefox extensions also work in Flock.
So what makes Flock different than Firefox? Flock calls itself the Social Web Browser, and it is! After watching the introductory videos, I was impressed with what you can easily do with Flock.
If you’re curious about Flock, you can watch the post install videos to get an idea of what Flock is all about.
http://www.flock.com/getting-started/1.2.1/en-US/
What I have found, so far, that is really great about Flock is how you can use it to monitor your Web 2.0 account. Flock integrates with some of the most popular Web 2.0 platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Digg and Del.icio.us.
Was your Web 2.0 service account is integrated with Flock, it allows you to easily check those accounts from you browser sidebar.
I am somewhat disappointed that Flock has not included FriendFeed, but hopefully they will add it soon.
One thing that really disappoints me about Flock, is that it doesn’t appear to have the Session Manager that Firefox had. The Firefox Session Manager was my favorite feature of Firefox.
After doing a Google search, there appears to be extensions for Flock that perform the same function as the Firefox session manager. It appears some have been having some problems with this extension, so I will wait on this and hope I can find a good session manager for Flock.
For the most part, I do like Flock. Firefox was starting to give me some problems. It seemed to periodically just start eating up memory and would go “out to lunch” sometimes. I would have to go into task manager and shut it down, or reboot to free up resources.
So far, Flock is using less memory and seems to function very well. For me, it seems to be more responsive than Firefox.
So Flock, give me a session manager and I will be the happiest of Flock users 
Until then, I will have to use both browsers.
I look forward to leaning more about what Flock can do in my Web 2.0 world. If you are interested in learning more about how Flock can help you, or learn more about the Web 2.0 world, I suggest you get signed up with the 30 Day Challenge.
If you are a beginning online marketer, you will love the 30 DC. If you already have a lot if IM experience, I guarantee you will learn some things you need to know. In any case the only thing it will cost you is time.
Plus, I want you to be part of my 30 DC team. I want to help you, or maybe you can help me
I don’t really care how much, or how little, internet marketing experience you have, since we all have unique gifts and talents we can bring into the team.
Just get signed up for the 30 DC here, and then let me know you want to be part of the team. So, here is what you need to do:
1. Sign Up for the 30 Day Challenge
2. Let me know you want to be part of the team by adding a comment to this post.
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5. Let me know if you need help by using my Helpdesk – be sure to choose the 30 Day Challenge department.
I look forward to working with you and getting to know you!
