anuraag Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Flock the popular social browser which earlier ran on the Firefox Gecko engine has dumped Mozilla for Chromium, the popular new browser which also powers Google Chrome.The new Flock beta browser now runs on Webkit which is also part of Safari and Google Chrome. Flock which has about 8 million users has also landed a new feature where you can create a Flock account and sync your settings to the "cloud".Users can use the cloud feature to take their accounts to any Flock browser without having to reset it again and again. Considering that most of the other browsers too have an option to sync profiles or at-least bookmarks, it made more sense to have it in the newest Flock beta too. Apart from that Flock almost remains the social browser people have known it to be.The switch from Firefox code to Chromium will come as a big jolt for Mozilla whose internet browser Firefox’s popularity has been going down since the launch of Google Chrome. Also the team at Flock had initially worked with the Mozilla team on the Netscape project before moving towards creating Flock, so their decision to branch out Flock to Chromium will be even more bitter.You can download the latest beta of Flock by visiting this page, more info and details are available at the official Flock blog here.Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaLeigh Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 This is the first I've ever heard of Flock. Chances are, Mozilla isn't going to lose any sleep over it. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystenes Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Flock the popular social browser which earlier ran on the Firefox Gecko engine has dumped Mozilla for Chromium, the popular new browser which also powers Google Chrome.The new Flock beta browser now runs on Webkit which is also part of Safari and Google Chrome. Flock which has about 8 million users has also landed a new feature where you can create a Flock account and sync your settings to the "cloud".Users can use the cloud feature to take their accounts to any Flock browser without having to reset it again and again. Considering that most of the other browsers too have an option to sync profiles or at-least bookmarks, it made more sense to have it in the newest Flock beta too. Apart from that Flock almost remains the social browser people have known it to be.The switch from Firefox code to Chromium will come as a big jolt for Mozilla whose internet browser Firefox’s popularity has been going down since the launch of Google Chrome. Also the team at Flock had initially worked with the Mozilla team on the Netscape project before moving towards creating Flock, so their decision to branch out Flock to Chromium will be even more bitter.You can download the latest beta of Flock by visiting this page, more info and details are available at the official Flock blog here.Sourcesorry, but who cares about flock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted June 18, 2010 Administrator Share Posted June 18, 2010 Flock is being rated very high. But same here, never heard it's name a week before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Also my first time ever hearing about this Flock.....oh well, it's nothing mozilla should worry about haha....if you ask the users I'll bet they're like "flock who?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hottwire Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I actually use flock, but i am a bit annoyed to see it move away from firefox engine although the webkit will make it faster i will loose the plugins and addons i added into it from mozillas base. I for one will not be upgrading to the new version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Flock who? Am going to test Chrome for a week.. (blame Lite.. -.-') Let's see the differences with FF =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamHaters Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Isn't Flock the web browser that's perfect for people who use social sites like Facebook and Twitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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