I fully agree with you that a web browser is not an end in itself. It’s a mean to reach an end. In this case, it’s an instrument that allows a person to communicate with others through the Internet. As Web2 evolves, browsers will have to adapt to this intensive sharing of images, words, and sounds in computers and cell phones and what have you.

The Flock people designed a departure from traditional web browsers because they understood the trend of Internet behavior. They were right in integrating a blog editor inside the browser, as well as integrating Delicious and Flickr. That was a great step in the right direction.

In my opinion, I didn’t like the Delicious bookmarks. I prefer the traditional Bookmarks because they are easier to manage and organize web sites. Delicious is chaos. One thing that I miss greatly, is a good speller. I hate typos and misspelled words. In Firefox I use Spellbound and it works fine. Another speller that I also use regularly is Google’s toolbar speller.

One great feature of Flock is its speed. I use Firefox 1.5, Opera 8.5 and Internet Explorer 6.0 and all of them are slower than Flock. Right now Flock is a test product, and should be greatly improved when the final product is ready to hit the streets. Criticism for an incomplete product is unfair. Let’s wait until the end-product is out, and then put it under the microscope for a full scrutiny.

Just my two cents worth on this excellent product,

Omar.-

Jeremy Chone of Bits and Buzz, has written a good recap of recent Flock news and added a nicely articulated point about the longer term goals of Flock. Give it a read.
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