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Flock: Cool Browser or Pretentious 'Web 2.0' Fluff?
From the makers of Firefox
(old news - 05:46PM Wednesday Oct 05 2005)
tags: software
PC Magazine and Business Week have more on Flock, the new open-source browser we recently mentioned (with more than just a passing giggle from our news comment regulars). Flock is based on Firefox, but may just be a little too top heavy in the whole somewhat pretentious "Web 2.0" meme. "The Web is not just a library of documents, but a stream of events and people," insists Flock co-founder and Chief Executive Bart Decrem.

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Forums » Flock: Cool Browser or Pretentious 'Web 2.0' Fluff?
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
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Sure

Sounds, um, wonderful
hottboiinnc
ME

join:2003-10-15
Toledo, OH

Error 404??

I went to see if their site has changed and got Error 404 three different times!

Sounds like they are no longer

Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs:

Re: Error 404??

said by hottboiinnc See Profile :

I went to see if their site has changed and got Error 404 three different times!

Sounds like they are no longer
Works for me, strange. Could be an influx of seagulls coming into the flock causing connections issues
voyager6868

join:2003-01-29
Lynnwood, WA

Flock off

Hopefully the flock flies into the engine of a 747...

Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
clubs:

Re: Flock off

said by voyager6868 See Profile :

Hopefully the flock flies into the engine of a 747...
Haha!
Mordhem
Direct Tech

join:2003-07-10
Gaffney, SC
lol!

mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
Premium
join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY
404 here
wstaind

join:2003-05-20
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Re: Error 404??

Maybe your 404 error is related to the Level(3) no longer peering w/ Cogent.
»Level 3 Peering Changes Causing Headaches

Tsume
My little Toby.

join:2004-02-23
Winter Park, FL

...

Connection reset.

Nice website thurr...

Ugh_Lee

@mi.charter

Bleh...

What an ugly website. I hope the browser interface designer has a better sense of aesthetics than the guy who made their webpage.
hurfy
Premium
join:2002-08-06
Spokane, WA

Re: Bleh...

hehe

60 seconds and you too can have a website. Too bad they only used 45 seconds .....

I guess i am supposed to visualize an identation where the paragraph symbols are? Virtual grammar, that's a new one tho.

Medic63

join:2004-02-15
Butler, PA

Re: Bleh...

said by hurfy See Profile :

I guess i am supposed to visualize an identation where the paragraph symbols are? Virtual grammar, that's a new one tho.
Not so new, apparently.

Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
Premium
join:2003-05-31
Erie, PA

Yeah...

Enough of this flocking browser already...

Wake me when its released.

Chris 313
Come get some
Premium
join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
clubs:

Re: Yeah...

Who needs another one? I'll stick to Firefox and Opera.

Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
Premium
join:2003-05-31
Erie, PA

Re: Yeah...

Me too.

CPM

join:2001-08-24
Miami, FL

FLOCK THIS

and FLOCK YOU

dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA

Re: FLOCK THIS

Flock me? No no no, Flock you!

I'll pass on this... LOL!
dibbb

join:2003-09-19

Re: FLOCK THIS

I can't resist...

When it's released, the headline will say:

Meet the Flockers


fegul
Premium
join:2004-08-23
united state

Re: FLOCK THIS

Flock off dude.
b10010011
Whats a Posting tag?

join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA

what the FLOCK?

Worst website ever!

Sunsetstrip
Go Kings
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-08
West Hollywood, CA
clubs:

Re: what the FLOCK?

Judging by the comments this probably looks better than the content(BTW this is all I get).

Looks like this thing started out as a RSS reader if it's the same program/developer that has a Flock development at Sourceforge
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digital k
Premium
join:2003-12-25

Re: what the FLOCK?

Click for full size
Works fine here...i signed up to get the browser, seems its invite only, will give it a go just to see if it is hype or not.

Sunsetstrip
Go Kings
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join:2000-07-08
West Hollywood, CA
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Re: what the FLOCK?



Well my IE6 browser which is locked down pretty well can't reach the site but Opera goes right to it

B52GUNR
KM 7D love and D3 Nirvana
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-06
Alameda, CA
clubs:

What rhymes with hype?

TRIPE! And that's what this looks like, a load of absolute tripe.

No thanks. Not remotely interested.
--
Dear Buddha, I would like a pony and a plastic rocket.

slimpickinz

join:2003-11-29
Conyers, GA

not good...

hmmmm...the kiss of death?
B
Premium,MVM
join:2000-10-28

Uh, Pretentious "Web 2.0" Fluff. Ugly Too!


I can't believe they're sticking to that hideous page layout, font, and color scheme! I gave the last version some slack; I thought they just threw it up for insiders.

Yeech.

-- B

P.S. Just noticed that "just threw it up" is more apropos than I intended....
--
In a realm outside causality and function
Ender_W
Does Microsoft Mean Small And Squishy?

join:2002-09-14
Saint Louis, MO

Flocking Stupid

With that travesty of a website. Ive seen 5 year old's artwork that shows more creative genius. I think Ill pass. Sales pitch failed...

Safemaster
Premium
join:2004-01-18
Loxahatchee, FL

When the Flocker is ready

I'll be Flocking all day;)

OnHeL
Angel
Premium
join:2000-09-11
Jamaica, NY

Re: When the Flocker is ready

Cant wait until my girlfriend gets home from work so we can flock together.
--
Do you remember when House began?

76 Trumb

@nash.c

Re: When the Flocker is ready

Ye Gods! Sounds like they ripped that off from The Music Man!

You got trouble my friend!

AaronT

@adelphia.net

Not from the makers of Firefox

Flock is not "from the makers of Firefox". The only person on the Flock team who ever worked at Mozilla was Bart Decrem, and he was a marketing person.
jekler

join:2000-11-23
Cincinnati, OH
clubs:

Re: Not from the makers of Firefox

Your statement is completely inaccurate.

"Several members of the team, including Decrem, hail from the Mozilla Foundation, which produced the Firefox browser upon which Flock is built." - Wired News »www.wired.com/news/technology/0,···,00.html

AaronT

@adelphia.net

Re: Not from the makers of Firefox

Did you ever stop and think that perhaps Wired News is inaccurate? If the statement is inaccurate, prove it wrong by citing a prime source.
jekler

join:2000-11-23
Cincinnati, OH
clubs:


1 edit
I refuted the statement and cited a source for my refutation. What makes you think Wired News isn't a prime source for this information?

I said the information given is inaccurate and provided supporting evidence. If you have evidence to the contrary cite your source, so far you've only offered conjecture.
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