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Posted by erich13 on February 27, 2008
Netscape Navigator - Official End of Support on March 1, 2008 - Netscape suggests Flock or Firefox.
Q: Why Flock?
A: To me, there of several features of Flock that are extremely appealing…
- Blog Post Editor
- RSS News Feeds Reader
- Media Stream - access/update your favorite photos at Flickr or Photobucket, and at YouTube
- My World
- Integration with social bookmarking systems (e.g. de.licio.us, ma.gnolia)
- 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:
- Customizable, Personalize - buttons on toolbars can be re-arranged, toolbars using View»Toolbars»Customize…” For example.
- Search Engine customization
- 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.
More…
Blogged with the Flock Browser
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Posted by erich13 on February 16, 2008
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“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 jottPlazes - “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
“Twitteris 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
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Posted by erich13 on February 2, 2008
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Q: Why Flock?
A: To me, there of several features of Flock that are extremely appealing…
Blog Post Editor-
RSS News Feeds Reader
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Media Stream - access/update your favorite photos at Flickr or Photobucket, and at YouTube
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My World
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Integration with social bookmarking systems (e.g. de.licio.us, ma.gnolia)
- 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:
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Customizable, Personalize - buttons on toolbars can be re-arranged, toolbars using View»Toolbars»Customize…” For example.
- Search Engine customization
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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)
 
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References:
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About Flock, in Blognation, Wikipedia, CrunchBase
- Flock on the Web
- Main Features of Flock:
- “Flock is a free web browser that makes it easy to connect with your friends and express yourself online.
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Receive updates when friends have new photos, videos or blog posts.
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Upload up to 1,000 photos at one time to popular photo sites.
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Drag and drop photos and videos from Flock’s Media Minibar to email, comment fields, blogs, etc.
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Collect your favorite photos, videos, and text from the web and blog them instantly.”
- Release Notes
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www.flock.com
- www.planetflock.org - an aggregation of blogs from individuals who may or may not be part of Flock Inc.
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Adapt a Firefox extension to Flock: developer.flock.com/wiki/Firefox_to_Flock
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www.flock.com/community
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www.flock.com/download
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extensions.flock.com/addons
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www.flock.com/faq
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www.flock.com/support
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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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Posted by erich13 on January 16, 2008
“Previously, the Netscape Team recommended that Netscape browser users adopt Firefox as their next web browser. We would also like to suggest Flock as another alternative to the Netscape web browser. Flock is a web browser that combines all of the advantages of Firefox with the addition of social integration. If you are looking for your next browser and are interested in Firefox with social integration, give Flock a try.”, http://blog.netscape.com/2008/01/16/netscape-recommends-flock-too/
Blogged with Flock
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Posted by erich13 on January 16, 2008
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Web 2.0»* by Eric Herberholz»
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About Web 2.0, in
- “Web 2.0 is a trend in World Wide Web technology, and web design, a second generation of web-based communities and hosted services such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies, which aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing among users. The term became notable after the first O’Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004.[2][3] Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use webs. According to Tim O’Reilly: “Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.”“, Wikipedia
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My observations: At the very core, Web 2.0 has a trait of serendipity. The trick is to manage this serendipity, either mentally and/or physically. Personally, I need to touch and feel things (kenetic learner), so I manage it physically with my system (which remains in my head, but may be described in writing, someday soon hopefull).
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* About: “Web 2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users“, according to The Free Dictionary
Per Wikipedia, SaaS has been around since 2000/2001
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Posted by erich13 on January 12, 2008
What is a “Web Presence“? To me, it is what the world sees about you. Can your Web Presence be managed? Most blogs and other social sites have a Profile feature. And some sites allow for easy sharing of your various accounts/sites. For example Jaiuku’s Web Feeds features, is a virtual profile. Jaiku describes this feature as “Your presence stream is currently displaying updates from these feeds”. These feeds are easy to manage. Also, Facebook has Mini-feeds. A quick google search (for “edit facebook mini-feeds”) reveals “How to Adjust Your Facebook Mini-Feed“, “Learning from the Facebook Mini-Feed Disaster“, “And you thought Facebook mini-feeds were bad“, Facebook Yields to Angry Users | Compiler from Wired.com, Facebook Subscribers Protest Site’s News Feeds — privacy, social - and VICTORY! Facebook gives users privacy options… An Open Letter from Mark Zuckerberg“, We really messed this one up. When we launched News Feed and Mini-Feed we were trying to provide you with a stream of information about your social world. Instead, we did a bad job of explaining what the new features were and an even worse job of giving you control of them. I’d like to try to correct those errors now.”
More on Profiles and Web Presence…
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Posted by erich13 on January 12, 2008
- Determine the purpose of your blog. At the very least, it can be used for your personal knowledge base, journal, etc (Why I Blog.)
- Make some choices:
- Choose an editor application1. For example, because you can’t always just depend upon a blog’s editor, to have all the features you want/like/need, etc.
- Choose a blog, from various blog providers2. Try out several, and then choose one that appeals to you (e.g. for ease of managment, appearance, etc.)
- (optional) Choose a photo hosting provider3, so that you can post pictures there, and then link to them from your blog.
- (optional) Choose means of earning money4
- Starting Blogging.
- Enjoy.
1 Editor applications (e.g. Flock’s Blog tool, Google Docs, VIM, SeaMonkey Composer, Outlook Mail Message)
2 Blog Providers (e.g. 360.yahoo.com, Bloglines, blogsome, Blogger, flickr, jaiku, LiveJournal, MySpace, Opera, Performancing, twitter, Vox, WebRing, Windows.Live.Spaces, WordPress)
3 Photo providers (flickr, GooglePhotos, photobucket, webshots).
4 Earning Money providers. For example: www.livingroom.org.au/photolog has links to many sites.
References:
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Posted by erich13 on January 10, 2008
Flock Joins Facebook, ESPN, YouTube and Twitter as Recipients of the Inaugural Judge’s Choice Award
“Flock was the undisputed winner of the Judge
’s Choice award for Applications and Widgets. This award was selected by more than 30 top bloggers, influencers and analysts with extensive knowledge of the marketplace: there’s no doubt that early adopters see Flock as a hot property,
” said Pete Cashmore, founder of
Mashable.com and a winner of Forbes’ Top 25 Web Celebs of 2007.Flock was the only web browser listed; other Judge
’s Choice award winners included Facebook, ESPN, YouTube and Twitter. A complete list of the Open Web Award winners can be found at:
http://mashable.com/2007/12/21/open-web-awards-winners
Blogged with Flock
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