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IT People are still wondering whether the current stage is a new war over whether the browser market competition is quite fierce in recent times between Firefox, IE (mostly version upcoming IE 8) and Opera 9. and now, a new browser add joined the game. With the idea of a "browser community" - or, as some analysts see it as Web 2.0 browser, Flock browser is built for integration with online services, new communities recent well as del.icio.us, My web 2.0 (Yahoo), digg (web services allows marking & sharing sites or), Flickr (an online photo album) and especially the support for weblog movement. So what is real Flock? This article would like to introduce to you some of the characteristics of this new browser. Said Flock is a new browser is not necessarily by Flock is based on Firefox code. Even first-time use, you will immediately recognize the interface characteristics and behavior of the expansion mechanism, security, ... Flock is also of Firefox. What makes the difference Flock is in the features that the developers Flock written and integrated into the existing base of Firefox. 's Most prominent feature is the ability Flock allows you to Blog directly from in the browser without having to log into the system weblog. Especially attractive are available Flock you a visual editor (also known as "WYSIWYG Editor" - "What You See Is What You Get") independent of the blog service that you use. More interesting, Flock supports direct connection protocol with online photo service Flickr saved in this editor. If you want to take a photo of you on Flickr given in the article, you simply perform a drag and drop it onto the bar browse articles from Flickr. The program will automatically create a link and thumbnail for posts. Finally, in conjunction with the "Shelf", this is a particularly useful tool and convenient for people or Blog.


 

Flock supports many protocols weblog services (such as Google Blogger, TypePad of SixApart) and weblog software supports one of the MetaWeblog protocol (xml-rpc), Atom, Blogger or MovableType (software weblog MetaWeblog common use Wordpress).

Flock is designed to streamline and emphasize how you interface with social networking sites, RSS and media feeds, and blogs. Because it's built on Firefox 3, its behavior will feel familiar and it supports most--but not all--Firefox extensions. And yes, the "awesome bar" is part of the latest version.

Flock's social network savvy sidebar is the reason to get this browser. Buttons at the top of the collapsible sidebar make accessing any of your social networking or frequently used Web sites easier than Twittering what you had for breakfast. Feature-focused, each button either helps you get your message out faster, like dragging and dropping photos into Flickr, or helps you read your friends' messages quicker, like the integrated RSS reader. The People button turns the sidebar into a nifty way to track all your social networking accounts. Your avatar is displayed on the left, while the right contains links for new messages and new comments. The bottom holds the links to upload new media when applicable and a hot link to open or close your media stream.

There are also hot links to most major blogging sites, and if you choose to configure it for your own self-published blog, Flock guides you through the process. New users will likely find it overwhelming at first, but it really does give you a more comprehensive and real-time view into your social network than you can get otherwise.