Flock 0.9 Beta fast Review

Trying Out the latest 0.9 Flock ” The social Web browser ” ….soon as i read the new features included such as New Services , New Interface , as well as New Modifications …

Here are some of my notes about it :

Startup :
Startup speed : Flock 0.9 Startup was a little bit slow than Flock 0.7….
Migration and Data saving , Flock 0.9 Keeps Your accounts at 0.7 for you and import them as well as Importing the installed extensions , 0.9 Imports Google toolbar .
about:myworld :This page is Completely Awesome .. keep Tracking all my subscriptions , feeds , and catching up my accounts there with list at the top of the page about the aviable services ..
main features bar : including all services and features in the flock , such as blog publishing , uploading media , accounts admin , and favorites …

Search in Your world including : google , yahoo ,ask , amazon , epay , wink , and the most Interesting Tecgnorati ..

The Interface :
New Interface , New icons , as well as New Look , i can’t say i didn’t like the Modifications
New Tap: Every time i install Flock or firefox i had to add NewTab..now with 0.9 the New Tab Button is default

Utilities bar :
Unloader , Blog Editor, Show Media bar , Web Clip Board ……which is easy to hide from your Interface , by hidding Flock bar , but that’s also hide your personal bookmarks bar ..!!!

Media Bar : got an Interesting features this time coming in blue and black as before but this time with advanced settings , especially for the photo services , change the positions to top and the bottom of your browser , and can play around advanced control .

Advanced Media Stream Controls : is how to browse your photo media stream , change your display mode and toggle the photo view to small and large photos ..the search in Media stream is amazing you can Filter the Photo stream and search in the current one .

Web Clipboard : replacing the web snippets but with new Modification , Position this time at the sidebar , not at the bottom as 0.7 , adding image by drag and drop or right click send to web clipboard simple , but drag and drop was easier than the old version , may be cause the new sidebar position . in the Sidebar of the Clipboard you can see 2 options for every item including view and blog to blog this item …. the web clipboard can be categorized by adding the items in folders …. Clear All by one click you can clear your web clipboard ..
The web Clipboard sidebar added as well to your blog editor easy to collect what you want to blog about then drag and drop it to your editing space …

Blog Editor Improved Features : MY Favorite new Features ( That made my day )
adding images : not just adding the images but also you can determine the position for it .
inline Spellchecking : This one replaced SpellChecking process with 0.7 , and not working only with the blog editor but also at the browser …..

The New Services :
youtube.com and Truveo for videos .
xanga.com , and magnolia social bookmarking.

Stuff i loved about 0.9 :
1- Restoring Session if the browser crash of closed ..etc and that’s why i left flock 0.7 to firefox
2-the blogging features ..
3-expanding my search through other search engines

stuff i didn’t like : The speed especially in starting up the flock a little slow .

Blogged with Flock

published at my blog dr-hamza.net

Tags: flock, broswer, review, firefox, flock0.9