Why Flock? My thoughts about and reasons for using Flock over other browsers…

Why Flock?»  by Eric Herberholz»      - Updated March 9, 2008 3:51 PM  US/Pacific @ my Word Press Blog|Xanga Blog|Blogger Blog|lilurl|jaiku’d|twitter’d ] - [edit|internal|old] My Favorites @ del.icio.us/eric.k.herberholz/flock   My thoughts about, and reasons for, using Flock over other browsers
Q: Why Flock? A: To me, there of several features of Flock that are extremely appealing…  Blog Post Editor User Guide RSS News Feeds Reader User Guide Media Stream - access/update your favorite photos at Flickr or Photobucket, and at YouTube User Guide My World User Guide Integration with social bookmarking systems (e.g. de.licio.us, ma.gnolia) User Guide Web Clipboard “Use the Web Clipboard for Instant Saving and Sharing“ Even with loading Firefox with extensions, you do not get the integration that Flock offers. For example, to blog from Firefox you can use the ScribeFire extension. And to save webclips you can you can use another extension. And in this scenerio you will not be able to combine the use of a blog extension with a web clip extension, say, to copy from one to the other. But with Flock’s built-in Blog editor and Flock’s built-in Web Clipboard tool, you can copy from the web clips to the blog editor with ease. Built-in spell checker Plus, the same great features that Firefox has: Extensible - extensions (add-ons) can be added that extend the built-in capabilities. Most Firefox extensions work with Flock. For those that complain and won’t let you install them, they can be adapted.  Note: My Favorite Add-ons (a.k.a. Extensions) See end of this page: lilurl.org/ma693kj for the list of extensions that I use in Flock. Customizable, Personalize - buttons on toolbars can be re-arranged, toolbars using View»Toolbars»Customize…” For example. User Guide Search Engine customization User Guide And many other features… I have given a lot of feedback, and encourage others to do so also, simply use: Help»Give Feedback, or click on the blue fly icon (Send Feedback) to the right of the URL/location field. BTW, I wrote Instructions on how to download and start using Flock… Kind Regards, -erich (EricHerberholz.GooglePages.com)	References: About Flock, in Blognation, Wikipedia, CrunchBase Flock on the Web Main Features of Flock: People Share Media Minibar Search & Favorite Feed Reader Blog Editor Personalize Add-Ons “Flock is a free web browser that makes it easy to connect with your friends and express yourself online. Receive updates when friends have new photos, videos or blog posts. Upload up to 1,000 photos at one time to popular photo sites. Drag and drop photos and videos from Flock’s Media Minibar to email, comment fields, blogs, etc. Collect your favorite photos, videos, and text from the web and blog them instantly.” Release Notes www.flock.com www.planetflock.org - an aggregation of blogs from individuals who may or may not be part of Flock Inc. Adapt a Firefox extension to Flock: developer.flock.com/wiki/Firefox_to_Flock www.flock.com/community www.flock.com/download extensions.flock.com/addons www.flock.com/faq www.flock.com/support User Guide Topics Exploring the web The Location Bar News Feeds Searching the Web Downloading Files My World http://www.flock.com/investor-info, “What is Flock? … Flock is a consumer Internet business which has developed a free, next generation web browser. The web, and the way people engage online, has evolved dramatically over the past decade. But web browsers - the application that fundamentally enables online experiences and services across ones’ connected life - have not kept pace. Flock is focused on fundamentally evolving the browser, bringing a refreshing new approach to how people use and participate on the web and simplifying social and web-based applications by bringing them one step closer to the user and integrating them directly into the browser. When using Flock, people can easily discover, access, create and share videos, photos, blogs, feeds and comments across social communities, media providers, and popular websites.“
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For Flock 1.1, when it comes out, I want it to have these features, that Gmail Notifier has….

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Hyperwords, One of my favorite Mozilla browser add-on/extensions, I highly recommend it…

HyperWords» by Eric Herberholz»* Updated January 26, 2008 3:07 PM US/Pacific (published on my WordPress Blog, my Blogger Blog, my LiveJournal Blog, My Xanga Blog,  lilurl, jaiku’d, twitter’d) - [ edit | internal ] My Favorites @ del.icio.us / eric.k.herberholz / hyperwords

“The point of Hyperwords is to make every single word on every single Web page usefully interactive to help aid knowledge work.“, [1] A demo of Hyperwords can be seen at the “Hyperwords” website. Hyperwords (www.hyperwords.net) falls into the category/genre of Mozilla browser Addons/Extensions». About Hyperwords, in Wikipedia

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To Do: Check out (RTM) Remember The Milk…

As I had ToDos in several places (e.g. ToDo List gadget in iGoogle, MyStickies and Google Notebooks), I had been looking for a single ToDo list management solution. One of the qualities I wanted was to be able to use twitter to add to the todo list. And then along came “How to Use a Todo List to Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever” (from http://www.lifehack.org) …. that mentions, among other things, Remember The Milk (RTM)…Turns out that RTM integrates with gmail via an extension, and can be accessed via twitter. Want to see it in action?

Check out the video

Too Cool!

jaiku: http://erich13.jaiku.com/presence/23004418

twitter: http://twitter.com/erich13/statuses/578244472

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WOW: Add search bars to your Mozilla browser, on-the-fly, with…

WOW: Add search bars to your Mozilla browser, on-the-fly, with “Add to Search Bar“, by Dr. Evil.

For example:

WOW: Organize your search plugins with…

WOW: Organize your search plugins with “Organize Search Engines” addon.

For example:

Twitter and Jaiku

Twitter, Jaiku, Jott, Plazes, Tumblr, Yurbo, and More» by Eric Herberholz»  Microblogs, Web Feed Aggregators, and Related Applications Definitions: Aggregator  Microblog  Web_feed  @ my WordPress blog (2) | published and on my blogger blog(2) | twitter post(2 ) | Jaiku ]  edit Updated March 8, 2008 6:06 AM US/Pacific

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Overviews: “Jaiku is a micro-blogging and social networking…“, crunchbase on jaiku “Seattle based Jott offers a novel and convenient service that lets users speak messages; those can be sent to themselves or others as a transcribed emails or voice messages.” crunchbase on jott Plazes - “The idea behind the service is for everyone to be able to track the places, activities and people in their lives.” crunchbase on plazes Pownce - “Pownce is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, and more. You can do it all on our web site, or install our lightweight desktop software that lets you get out of the browser.” pownce.com/about “Tumblr is a re-envisioning of tumblelogging, a subset of blogging that uses quick, mixed-media posts.” crunchbase on tumblr “Twitter is social networking and micro-blogging site that allows users to post their latest updates. An update is limited by 140 characters and can be posted through three methods: web form, text message, or instant message.” crunchbase on twitter video demo of Twitter Yurbo is a blog and allows for posting via IM. More About Yurbo.

Quick Ref: Jaiku  Jott  Plazes  Tumblr  Twitku  Twitter  Yurbo Jaiku» home - badges, jaikuvision, setting your Jaiku location correctly Jott»  home - faq, howto, myjotts, Plazes» home - Edit Your Account, tools, map widgets Pownce»  home - Tumblr» home - customize, dashboard, feeds, goodies Twitter» home - archive, inbox, sent, followers, friends, account settings, Public Timeline, Twittervision, badges, gcal2, rtm3, search twitter, tweetscan, twittercal.com, twittersearch, What am I doing? Yurbo» home -

Jaiku» jaiku.com - short messages (140 characters) are posted, from cell phone, browser or instant message  Jaiku is primarily a Microblog, but also is sort of a feed Aggregator. CrunchBase jaiku Directory Entry. About Jaiku, Jaiku is now owned by Google. Developers: devku.org My jaiku name: erich13 Jott»  jott.com Jott users call 1-877-568-8486, and then users “tell Jott the name (which will be located in the imported contacts). Lastly, users record their message, and hang up. Within minutes, the message shows up in the recipient’s inbox, translated into text. Users also have the option of sending the voice message itself by immediately pressing 1. The message shows up as an audio file in their email inbox.“ Cruchbase Jott Directory Entry My jott name: erich13 Plazes» plazes.com Plazes is a Microblog. CruchBase plazes Directory Entry My plazes name is: erich13 Pownce» pownce.com crunchbase.com/company/pownce My pownce name is: erich13 Tumblr»  tumblr.com Tumblr is a a Microblog and a Feed Aggregator CrunchBase Tumblr Directory Entry Related to Tumblr is Jott My Tumblr name is erich13 Twittter» twitter.com - short messages (140 characters) are posted, from cell phone, browser or instant message Twitter is a Microblog. CrunchBase twitter Directory Entry My favorites tagged with “twitter” at de.licio.us, for example: A Quick Introduction to Twitter for Bloggers twitterpod About Twitter, A Quick Introduction to Twitter for Bloggers The Big Juicy Twitter Guide (e.g. Twitter Guide Part #1: What is Twitter? ) Tipster Thursdays: How To Use Twitter In 5 Unique Ways 17 Ways You Can Use Twitter: A Guide for Beginners, Marketers and Business Owners all “twitter” de.licio.us favorites Google “joined forces with Twitter and Twittervision to give you instant updates on Super Tuesday. You can watch Twitter texts from across the country and send in your own updates!“ My twitter name: erich13 Yurbo» yurbo.com Yurbo is a blog and allows for posting via IM My yurbo name is erich13

Applications of Twitter and Jaiku: twitku4 - TwitKu.com a free social network mashup - Post to Twitter, Jaiku, and/or Pownce from twitku Twitterbar - a Mozilla browser Add-On twittercal  - send direct messages from cell phone, browser or instant message to your Google Calendar via twitter user called “gcal“ Twittervision - “A real-time geographic visualization of posts to Twitter.“ Remember the Milk (RTM) - send direct messages from cell phone, browser or instant message to your todo list via twitter user called “rtm“ jaikuvision - “Just log on to your Jaiku account, set your Location (in the Jaiku sidebar) and post a message. Then your message along with your location will pop up here!“

Quick Ref:  jaiku  jott  plazes  tumblr  twitku  twitter  yurbo

1 Twitter and Jaiku simply allow for short messages (140 characters) to be posted, from browser or cell phone. 2 twitter.com/gcal/ What is twittercal? It’s a free service that connects your Twitter account to your Google Calendar. Add events in a snap from your favorite Twitter client. For example: d gcal dinner with mom tomorrow at 6PM Direct Text: how to send Twitter friends private messages 3 rtm = Remember The Milk (http://www.rememberthemilk.com)  - http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/twitter/ RTM is a ToDo list manager. 4 TwitKu.com a free social network mashup.

     

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“Jaiku is a micro-blogging and social networking…”,
crunchbase on jaiku
“Seattle based Jott
offers a novel and convenient service that lets users speak messages;
those can be sent to themselves or others as a transcribed emails or
voice messages.”
crunchbase on jott
Plazes - “The idea behind the service is for everyone to be able to track the places, activities and people in their lives.” <http://www.crunchbase.com/company/plazes>

“Tumblr is a re-envisioning of tumblelogging, a subset of blogging that uses quick, mixed-media posts.”

crunchbase on tumblr

“Twitter is social networking and micro-blogging site that allows users to post
their latest updates. An update is limited by 140 characters and can be
posted through three methods: web form, text message, or instant
message.”
crunchbase on twitter
Yurbo is a blog and allows for posting via IM

My Favorite Add-Ons» 

• Blocks» Adblock Plus, Flashblock, no script
• Blog Tools» Blogplus(archive), BlogThis⁵, QuoteURLText, ScribeFire, Speed Blog / Tumble log³
  
  • Developer » Total Validator, getfirebug
• Buttons» Toolbar Buttons(alt), Menu X
• Chat» Chatzilla, GoogleTalk browser client/gadget, Jabber/XMPP(SamePlace Suite: xmpp4moz,.SamePlace,.JabBar⁸.&.JabBiff), Meebo
• Convenience» All-in-One Sidebar(info), bugmenot.com, CoolIris, Download Status bar, Extension List Dumper ForecastFox, FireFTP, FoxyTunes, Hyperword⁴[firefox Add-On, website], Link Alert, Reveal, MultiSidebar, MyStickies, Snap Links, StatusbarEx
  • Because some sites require IE» IE.Tab
• Google» customizegoogle, Gmail.Notifier(home), Gmail.Space, Google_Browser_Sync¹, Google.Notebook, Google.Toolbar, GBookmarks.via.Right.Click
• Mail» webmailcompose
• Maps» geoFlock Topbar³(archive), Mini Map Sidebar, Schmap Local
  
• Pictures/Photos » flickr(no extension; rather via flock’s Media tool), screenshot³, Snipshots
  
• RSS» DapperFox
  
• Search» Advanced Dork | Organize Search Engines
• Session Management²» [ Session Manager, Tab Mix Plus, Or Firefox 2.x's built-in "equivalent" ]
  
• Social» del.icio.us, Flockstars(archive), Me.dium, Meebo: Meebo⁵(for flock), Minggl, StumbleUpon, Twitterbar(archive), Twitterfox
• Tags» del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Tag Editor, tagseverywhere
• Toolbars» Google.Toolbar - Ask Toolbar, Compete Toolbar, Diigo, Googlebar Lite, Groowe Search Toolbar⁷, Wikipedia Toolbar for Firefox (more info), Yahoo! Toolbar
• Fun to have» Sun.Cult³, Wikipedia History
• Nice to have» IP address: showip⁵, My IP Viewer, Timer

• ^* Extensions in Firefox 1.5; Add-Ons in Firefox 2+

• ¹Works only with Firefox

• ² Some work Session Management extensions work with Firefox 1.5, with Flock 0.7.X, not with Firefox 2.0, and Firefox 2.0 has built-in sessionmanager.

• ³ works with Flock, but not with Firefox.

• ⁴ tips from the author: What I do though is go to preferences/invocation and set it to Toolbar mode, as I mentioned below. However what I didn’t mention is why: It means the menu does not come up when selecting text! ONLY when you hit the enter key after you select text. Try it It’s much less obtrusive. I recommend toolbar mode: hit enter and it hoists the selection to the toolbar, then use they keyboard shortcuts
• ⁵ Works with Firefox 1.5, not with 2.x
• ⁶ Works with Firefox 2.x, not with 1.5
• ⁷ - Groowe Search Toolbar bundles toolbar functions for many search engines, shopping sites, download sites, including Google toolbar, Yahoo, Amazon, EBay, Ask, Msn, Download.com, Wikipedia, Digg, del.icio.us and others
• 8 Can you scroll back in Jabberbar? Can you enlarge Jabberbar?

My current addons, on my iMac

(list created by Extension List Dumper)…Application: Flock 1.0.3 (1196977302.15966)Operating System: Darwin (x86-gcc3)

• Adblock Plus 0.7.5.3
• Add to Netvibes 0.7.3
• Add to Search Bar 1.7
• BetterSearch 1.18
• Cooliris Previews 2.5.2
• del.icio.us 1.2.1
• Download Statusbar 0.9.5.2
• Extension List Dumper 1.8.1
• Flashblock 1.5.5
• Flock Blog Plus 0.6.7
• Forecastfox 0.9.6
• FoxyTunes 2.9.7.1
• Gmail Notifier 0.6.2.2
• Gmail Space 0.5.92
• Google Notebook 1.0.0.18
• Google Toolbar for Firefox 3.0.20070525M
• Hyperwords 3.2
• Link Alert 0.7.2
• Me.dium 3.0.2.5740
• MenuX 0.2.4.6
• Minimap Sidebar Extension 0.1.4.11
• MyStickies 0.1.5
• NoScript 1.1.9.6
• Organize Search Engines 1.1
• QuoteURLText 1.0.6
• Schmap Local 1.2.002
• Session Manager 0.6.1.6
• Snap Links 0.0.4(Disabled)
• StumbleUpon 3.16
• Tags Everywhere 1.0
• Toolbar Buttons 0.4.5.1
• TwitterFox 1.2

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My Search Plugins

• Add search bars to your browser, on-the-fly, with Add to Search Bar (for example, I’ve added Google Desktop, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Reader, my de.licio.us favorites,

• Organize your search plugins with Organize Search Engines addon.