This is a lazy post endorsing flock in this conversation *HERE*. Basically, the article talks about Facebook and Firefox coming to a head, of sorts. It is rational to assume, and I think it is a VERY good post on the subject. However, I think the Flock Browser built on the FF platform is already there in some ways, and should be given a look to making your life simpler when it comes to the world of 2.0 and social media. It seemed to get a lot of bad press early on from crashing and memory problems, but… well… my point is this: if you are in social media in any way, casually or professionally… give a shot. What’s more, give it a second chance.
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Hmmm…. it is odd that flock is so vilified. I have a unique perspective that I am relatively new to the trenches of social media, as I used to be a property level manager for hotels. I think I installed Flock in November? This reminds me of the situation with what I think was likely the best social media site EVER… tribe.net. It was great, basically broke and had so much downtime/maintance time that people eventually moved on. Sure it works again, but the massive disruption to the overall networking effect basically killed it.
Same thing with Flock. The negative experience people had at the outset was so incredibly bad that no one even considers it at this point, although it seems to be an asset to me.
Here’s what I have experienced so far:
If you have a small browser, it may be hard to use with the sidebars open. However, that is the last negative thing you will get from me.
The crashing people talk about has been resolved. I am fairly confident saying it has never crashed on me, unlike both chrome and FF.
The memory seepage or leakage has been resolved. I operate with upwards of 45 tabs open at times, and it doesn’t seem to have any impact on my memory or functionality. In fact, I would say Explorer is a nightmare (of course) and Chrome is pretty fast and not bulky…. but I think Flock operates dead even with FF (I know it’s built on it, but with all the extras it doesn’t slow down)
The home page that aggregates a lot of your faves, etc is nice, but I still like my igoogle page for voice, maps, mail, etc.
The tab that keeps track of Digg, Flickr, FB, Twitter, YouTube and Myspace is incredible.
The video/photo uploader and content stream is incredible.
The RSS feeder has replaced google reader 100%
The mail function is incredibly efficient, and with my 5 webmail accounts handles fairly simple posting between them pretty easily.
It has a bookmark/favourite sidebar that makes links a bit easier. What’s also nice is that since it is built on FF it synchs with Foxmarks.
The blogging tool is AWESOME, as I can open a second window and start riffing and typing away, without leaving the browser. There are some font issues for me at times, but I can post to multiple blogs in the blink of an eye.
There are so many other things I cannot even get into them… highlighting rss or video, etc. It is endless, and I am constantly learning it.
It’s funny… I don’t wear labels on my clothes *ever* because I hate endorsing brands. =) But Flock? No problem! haha….
Michael
@hhotelconsult
Hey Michael,
Thanks so much for the kind words about Flock. Clearly you get what we’re about, and I think you’re spot on about some of the bumps in our history. We’ve got our groove back now, and I think you’re like the next version (out in the next few weeks) even more!
Since you’re clearly worthy of the title “Flockstar” I’d love to shoot you a shirt and some stickers. If you’re interested, drop me a line at the address below.
Flock’n’roll,
Evan Hamilton
Flock Community Ambassador
evan at flock dot com