Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Open Source, Browser Tips, Social Software
Flock 0.9 takes off tomorrow
Flock, the Mozilla based web browser still under development in private beta, is getting a nice overhaul with its 0.9 release tomorrow. If you're not familiar with Flock, it was released in 2005 with much anticipation and hype as the social network browser. Flock was created to integrate various social networks into one browser platform so you could conceivably post items to your blog, update your Facebook page, upload to Flickr and all the while stream YouTube videos.
It didn't live up to its hype for various reasons and some would argue, Firefox accomplishes all these social network tasks with their never ending inventory of useful add-ons.
However, the blogosphere's consensus is Flock 0.9 is a bird of a different feather (no more bird references, we swear) and is quite positive about Flock's new makeover. Here are some nifty features:
My World: Flock tells you when your friends have new photos and videos and when you have new feeds. My World gives quick access to your recently visited favorite sites as well.
Account Detection: Informs you when there are available feeds and media streams on a page and when your account log-in can be configured with Flock.
Video Support: Find YouTube and Truveo videos with the Media Minibar.
Online Favorites: Easily post your favorites to del.icio.us and ma.gnolia.
Drag'n'Drop: Drag and drop photos and images from the Web Clipboard to webmail, comments, blogs, etc.
BlogEditor: Added Blogger and LiveJournal support. Also, now you can preview what your blog post will look like before pushing 'Publish.' Tags are now enabled and have included Technorati, Livejournal and Blogger-specific tags.
Photo Uploader: Edit options for a specific photo or the whole batch; easily set photo to commonly selected sizes
Flock has these media apps covered:
Blogging: Blogger, LiveJournal, Xanga, Wordpress.com, Typepad
Media: Flickr, Photobucket, YouTube
Bookmarks: del.icio.us, ma.gnolia
We realize you can't have everything, but where's Twitter? New guy on the block, Pownce? Maybe we can expect to see Flock support these additions in the 1.0 release sometime this fall.
Flock runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Thanks FF!
It didn't live up to its hype for various reasons and some would argue, Firefox accomplishes all these social network tasks with their never ending inventory of useful add-ons.
However, the blogosphere's consensus is Flock 0.9 is a bird of a different feather (no more bird references, we swear) and is quite positive about Flock's new makeover. Here are some nifty features:
My World: Flock tells you when your friends have new photos and videos and when you have new feeds. My World gives quick access to your recently visited favorite sites as well.
Account Detection: Informs you when there are available feeds and media streams on a page and when your account log-in can be configured with Flock.
Video Support: Find YouTube and Truveo videos with the Media Minibar.
Online Favorites: Easily post your favorites to del.icio.us and ma.gnolia.
Drag'n'Drop: Drag and drop photos and images from the Web Clipboard to webmail, comments, blogs, etc.
BlogEditor: Added Blogger and LiveJournal support. Also, now you can preview what your blog post will look like before pushing 'Publish.' Tags are now enabled and have included Technorati, Livejournal and Blogger-specific tags.
Photo Uploader: Edit options for a specific photo or the whole batch; easily set photo to commonly selected sizes
Flock has these media apps covered:
Blogging: Blogger, LiveJournal, Xanga, Wordpress.com, Typepad
Media: Flickr, Photobucket, YouTube
Bookmarks: del.icio.us, ma.gnolia
We realize you can't have everything, but where's Twitter? New guy on the block, Pownce? Maybe we can expect to see Flock support these additions in the 1.0 release sometime this fall.
Flock runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Thanks FF!
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
