Flock 3 beta

deya · 27. Jun 2010, 01:01 PM

Flock have ditched Mozilla in favour of Chromium and released a beta version of their new browser, Flock 3. Been using it for a day or so and it's not bad, a big improvement on the old one in terms of speed and looks. Quite a large program in terms of disc space, 91 megs, but for a beta version it seems very stable and all the extensions I use work well, including WOT.

Another one to try for those who are interested.

maplichen · 27. Jun 2010, 07:11 PM

Hi Deya, Flock looks fine but I was curious how much more functional/efficient you find it as compared to Chrome, or Firefox with social focused extensions? And as far as its own extensibility, did you get WOT from the google chrome extensions page (as I understand it, firefox extensions used to be available in gecko versions) or does Flock have its own extension approval system?

deya · 27. Jun 2010, 09:55 PM

@ maplichen - I installed WOT and my other extensions from the Flock extensions page which you access from the customise and control drop down menu. Once you've found the extensions you want you just click install and that's it. It's all done from within Flock. The WOT icon appears in the top right of the browser and you also get the rankings in your search results. It works fine.

I don't use Google Chrome so I can't compare Flock to that, but I do use Dragon which is very similar. I use Ultimate Chrome Flag with Dragon because WOT doesn't work with it. I also use AdSweep with both Flock and Dragon but for some reason it seems to work better with Flock. So even though they're very similar they work differently with certain extensions.

As for the social focused extensions, well, they're not something that I use. I don't have Facebook or YouTube accounts but I do have a Twitter one and I've tried that with Flock and it works very well from the side bar.

One thing about Flock is that doesn't let you organise your bookmarks very well, no folders etc, but it's only a beta version so maybe they'll sort that out in future releases.

maplichen · 27. Jun 2010, 11:40 PM

Thanks so much for the information. Flock has always sounded like a very decent browser. It's too bad the bookmark organization is a bit off but from what you've said they seem to have an excellent team of developers so I fully agree that it will likely improve.

27. Jun 2010, 01:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
deya Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK Posts: 528	Flock 3 beta Flock have ditched Mozilla in favour of Chromium and released a beta version of their new browser, Flock 3. Been using it for a day or so and it's not bad, a big improvement on the old one in terms of speed and looks. Quite a large program in terms of disc space, 91 megs, but for a beta version it seems very stable and all the extensions I use work well, including WOT. Another one to try for those who are interested.

27. Jun 2010, 07:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
maplichen Full Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 36	Hi Deya, Flock looks fine but I was curious how much more functional/efficient you find it as compared to Chrome, or Firefox with social focused extensions? And as far as its own extensibility, did you get WOT from the google chrome extensions page (as I understand it, firefox extensions used to be available in gecko versions) or does Flock have its own extension approval system? __________________ The big yellow one is the sun

27. Jun 2010, 11:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
maplichen Full Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 36	Thanks so much for the information. Flock has always sounded like a very decent browser. It's too bad the bookmark organization is a bit off but from what you've said they seem to have an excellent team of developers so I fully agree that it will likely improve. __________________ The big yellow one is the sun

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27. Jun 2010, 09:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
deya Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK Posts: 528	@ maplichen - I installed WOT and my other extensions from the Flock extensions page which you access from the customise and control drop down menu. Once you've found the extensions you want you just click install and that's it. It's all done from within Flock. The WOT icon appears in the top right of the browser and you also get the rankings in your search results. It works fine. I don't use Google Chrome so I can't compare Flock to that, but I do use Dragon which is very similar. I use Ultimate Chrome Flag with Dragon because WOT doesn't work with it. I also use AdSweep with both Flock and Dragon but for some reason it seems to work better with Flock. So even though they're very similar they work differently with certain extensions. As for the social focused extensions, well, they're not something that I use. I don't have Facebook or YouTube accounts but I do have a Twitter one and I've tried that with Flock and it works very well from the side bar. One thing about Flock is that doesn't let you organise your bookmarks very well, no folders etc, but it's only a beta version so maybe they'll sort that out in future releases.