Meet the Flockers
Meet the Flockers
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Just found some interesting and cryptic news on a new Firefox based browser that will get web 2.0 closer to the end user.
I am talking about Flock. What is in short:
Flock is a new browser, built on top of firefox. It is a functional browser with excellent features (including firefox features like tabbed browsing, etc.). What really makes is stand out are two additional features they’ve added to build social networking directly into the browsing experience: social bookmarking and a wysiwyg blog writing tool.
More details on this here
There is also a screenshot…but a litlle one.
I have applied and asked for an invitation to the beta program and now I am anxiously waiting 
EDIT: From Chris Messina I got the great news that Flock will support Firefox extensions. One step ahead Netscape. Great job guys
We are currently making Flock available only to friends, family, and partners. A public beta is fast approaching
Chris & I comment on his blog as to why it is invite only.
If you have not already done so, be sure to sign up to the announcement mailing list by entering your email address in the form @ http://www.flock.com.
Looking forward to your feedback when we go public,
Lloyd
Grrrrrrrr….I’ll anxiously wait for that. I am curious right now if the Flock will allow the user to add existing Firefox extensions. If that is not implemented I think that will not be so apealling to power users
Hey Razvan,
Since we’re building on top of Firefox, all the extensions that work in Firefox 1.5 will work in Flock! Hey, we’re big time Firefox users and we wouldn’t use Flock if we didn’t get all the coolness of Firefox as well!
Ola Chris,
Thanks for dropping by and sharing the good news. If Netscape 8 would have allowed FF extensions I would have switched to that.
It’s excellent that you haven’t done the same mistake, this way you are REALLY targetting all the FF users