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In February of 2008, [[AOL]] announced that it would discontinue support for the [[Netscape]] browser, and recommended Flock and [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] as alternative browsers to its userbase of [[Netscape|Netscape 9]] users.<ref>[http://blog.netscape.com/2008/02/20/netscape-9-users-time-to-flock-or-firefox/]</ref> For the Netscape 8 userbase, [[AOL]] recommended only the Flock browser to its users.<ref>[http://blog.netscape.com/2008/03/19/netscape-8-update-forthcoming-you-can-flock-too/]</ref> In March 2008, Flock announced that they had seen "nearly 3 million downloads" and a 135% percent increase in active users in the first two months of 2008. They also announced "more than 70 percent of Flock users making it their default browser of choice."<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS121331+10-Mar-2008+BW20080310 Flock Browser Use Growing Dramatically]</ref> |
In February of 2008, [[AOL]] announced that it would discontinue support for the [[Netscape]] browser, and recommended Flock and [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] as alternative browsers to its userbase of [[Netscape|Netscape 9]] users.<ref>[http://blog.netscape.com/2008/02/20/netscape-9-users-time-to-flock-or-firefox/]</ref> For the Netscape 8 userbase, [[AOL]] recommended only the Flock browser to its users.<ref>[http://blog.netscape.com/2008/03/19/netscape-8-update-forthcoming-you-can-flock-too/]</ref> In March 2008, Flock announced that they had seen "nearly 3 million downloads" and a 135% percent increase in active users in the first two months of 2008. They also announced "more than 70 percent of Flock users making it their default browser of choice."<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS121331+10-Mar-2008+BW20080310 Flock Browser Use Growing Dramatically]</ref> |
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In May 2008, Flock won the Social Networking category of the webby awards<ref>[http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=CURRENT_SEASON#webby_entry_social]</ref> |
In May 2008, Flock won the Social Networking category of the webby awards.<ref>[http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=CURRENT_SEASON#webby_entry_social]</ref><ref>[http://flock.com/node/62014]</ref> |
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==Company== |
==Company== |
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| Developer(s) | Flock, Inc. |
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| Preview release | none (n/a) [±] |
| Written in | C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript |
| Operating system | Mac OS X, Windows, Linux |
| Available in | Catalan, English (US), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Latin American and Spain) |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | MPL/LGPL dual license |
| Website | www.flock.com |
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Flock is a web browser that specializes in providing social networking and other Web 2.0 features built into its interface. The browser is built on Mozilla’s Firefox codebase.[1]
The Flock browser is available as a free download, and supports Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms.
Features
Flock 1.1 integrates social networking and media services including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Blogger, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. When logging into to any of the supported social services, Flock automatically activates these services within its features. Flock contains functionality that advises when friends have updated their profile, uploaded photos or other published items relevant to the user. Flock allows media sharing via drag and drop, photo uploading, and a built-in blog editor for posting from anywhere on the web.
- People - "Flock lets you bring all your friends and contacts together from across a variety of different social networking websites." [5]
- Share - "With its built-in photo uploader, one-click Web Clipboard, and floating Magic Bar, Flock lets you share text, links, photos and even entire videos with your friends and co-workers" [6]
- Media Minibar - "Using Flock's Media Bar, you can quickly preview online videos and photos, subscribe to video feeds, keep up to date on your friends' picture postings, search media files, send videos to friends with one click" [7]
- Search & Favorite - "Flock includes built-in enhancements for helping you find what you're looking for and keep track of your favorite websites." [8]
- Feed Reader - "Web pages that update frequently, like news sites and blogs, often offer "feeds" configured in ATOM or RSS, which stands for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. These feeds present links to recent articles in a list, along with a summary or a few lines of each article's content. With Flock's built-in Feed Reader, you can track, organize, update and format all your favorite feeds." [9]
- Blog Editor - "Once you set up a blog in Flock, you can copy text, pictures and videos from anywhere on the web and instantly post them into Flock's Blog Editor or directly into your own blog. You can also monitor, manage and post to different blogs." [10]
- Personalize - "My World collects together all of your favorite web sites, feeds and media, and puts it all just one click away. You can also easily personalize your My World page and many aspects of the Flock browser interface." [11]
- Add-Ons - "Flock allows third parties to create extensions or add-ons that extend the capabilities of the browser. Many Firefox extensions work with Flock, but some do not (trial and error is the best way to find out)" [12]
Reception
In December of 2007, Flock won the Mashable Open Web Awards for Applications and Widgets[2] and in March of 2008, Flock won the South By Southwest.[3]Web Award for Community[4]
Flock 1.0 was reviewed by CNet as "Best Mac Software of 2007."[5] PC World's Harry McCracken reviewed Flock as his "New Favorite Web Browser."[6]
In February of 2008, AOL announced that it would discontinue support for the Netscape browser, and recommended Flock and Firefox as alternative browsers to its userbase of Netscape 9 users.[7] For the Netscape 8 userbase, AOL recommended only the Flock browser to its users.[8] In March 2008, Flock announced that they had seen "nearly 3 million downloads" and a 135% percent increase in active users in the first two months of 2008. They also announced "more than 70 percent of Flock users making it their default browser of choice."[9]
In May 2008, Flock won the Social Networking category of the webby awards.[10][11]
Company
Flock is the successor to Round Two who raised money from Bessemer Venture Partners, Catamount Ventures, Shasta Ventures, and other angel investors. Bart Decrem and Geoffrey Arone cofounded the company.[12]
