Flock and StumbleUpon
So recently I’ve been doing a little bit of experimentation. After reading the article on Techcrunch on the launch of Firefox 3 beta, and lack of the memory leak fix (if you’re FireFox browser crashed periodically with a cryptic message, that’s probably it), and took the advice given and am giving the Flock browser a chance.
From what I’ve read in the comments section, it’s actually built on the 1.5 version of the Firefox engine (the one without the memory leaks) and therefore performs much better. So far I’m also happy with all the social features, although they might get in the way if you’re not into all that.
I also decided to check out StumbleUpon, which seems to me to be a shuffle button for the internet, which you can influence through preference setting and voting results up or down (think Pandora). I clicked it only twice so far: the second site was “The Elegant Universe,” a program by PBS on string theory, which I ended up watching all three hours of and posting a bit over on my other blog.
I’m typing this right now, btw, in Flock’s built in blogging editor… this browser seems to be going towards what a lot of other things are trying to do (like OpenSocial for example), which is to integrate all this web2.0 functionality into one seamless user experience. Right now it’s fractured between a lot of different stand-alone services - bookmarking, content voting, blogging, feed services, networking, pictures, etc. At first glance this is a good attempt at bringing it all together; it’s basically Firefox on steroids, so if you’re a Mozilla fanboy, this is definitely worth your time.
Tags: flock, stumbleupon, social media