Flock - A Great Way To Manage All Your Social Networking Sites
Life seemed so simple when everybody was on MySpace...and nothing else. Now, keeping track of all the different social networking sites one's a part of can get a bit frustrating. Fortunately, someone came up with a solution. There's now a "social Web browser" based on Mozilla, the same architecture as Firefox - called Flock. I'd heard a little about it over the last few months, and finally decided to try it out after reading a review in the April 2008 issue of MacWorld. (And, yes - there is both Mac & WIndows versions!). What a concept - a way to easily keep up with not only my social networking accounts, but also YouTube, Digg, del.icio.us, keep my blog updated - all without loosing my mind!
To quote the article - "Billed as a 'social Web browser,' Flock 1.0.3 makes it easy to track blogs and social networks, and to create your own content. You can enter lon-in info for Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, and common blogging services. That done, you can click on the browser's Blog option to launch a pop-up window pre-configured with your blog's categories and posting options, and then enter text. A panel on the left lets you scan RSS feeds, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, or Flickr comments.:
The only social networking site not support is, surprisingly, MySpace. Acccording to Flock's website:
Where is MySpace integration for People?
No, we haven't been living in a small, dark cave without internet access for 6 years. We are aware that MySpace is one of the largest social networks around, and we, like you, would like to see it integrated into Flock's People sidebar.
Until early 2008, MySpace had no developer platform available with which to build quality Flock integration. We're pleased to have been given access to this platform when it launched and have been working to build MySpace into Flock. We previewed an early build of it at MySpace's Developer Platform launch.
The skinny: MySpace integration in Flock will arrive in 2008.
I've been using Flock for about two weeks now - and it has greatly simplified keeping up with what used to be a wild mix of different sites - and I definitely recommend the free download! (And, since it's based on Mozilla - you can also use it as your regular browser as well!)
To quote the article - "Billed as a 'social Web browser,' Flock 1.0.3 makes it easy to track blogs and social networks, and to create your own content. You can enter lon-in info for Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, and common blogging services. That done, you can click on the browser's Blog option to launch a pop-up window pre-configured with your blog's categories and posting options, and then enter text. A panel on the left lets you scan RSS feeds, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, or Flickr comments.:
The only social networking site not support is, surprisingly, MySpace. Acccording to Flock's website:
Where is MySpace integration for People?
No, we haven't been living in a small, dark cave without internet access for 6 years. We are aware that MySpace is one of the largest social networks around, and we, like you, would like to see it integrated into Flock's People sidebar.
Until early 2008, MySpace had no developer platform available with which to build quality Flock integration. We're pleased to have been given access to this platform when it launched and have been working to build MySpace into Flock. We previewed an early build of it at MySpace's Developer Platform launch.
The skinny: MySpace integration in Flock will arrive in 2008.
I've been using Flock for about two weeks now - and it has greatly simplified keeping up with what used to be a wild mix of different sites - and I definitely recommend the free download! (And, since it's based on Mozilla - you can also use it as your regular browser as well!)
posted by Dave Fish at 12:32 PM
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