A review of the new Flock 1.1
Quote:Now that it's over the 1.0 hump, the Flock team has made good on the application's promise. Maybe too good -- while Flock serves up a lot of content on a single page, you practically need super-powers to take it all in. Once you cut back on the sensory input a bit though, it's a pretty slick Firefox alternative for anyone with a ton of cyber friends...
Although I have loads of plugins and extensions cluttering my Firefox browser, its display positively pales in comparison to the amount of activity Flock packs onto its main browser screen. I counted 23 different buttons and text fields just from the basic installation. If you customize your toolbars to add extra functionality, you could theoretically end up with three times that many.
Flock's sidebar manages your RSS feeds, email, favorite Web sites, blogging services, social networking services, and Web clipboard. A media manager bar across the top of the home page contains media streams from accounts like Flickr, YouTube, Gmail Notifier instead. Flock's integrated webmail serves no purpose for me, but others may find it useful...
full article:
http://www.linux.com/feature/131549
The interface is too cluttered.
You need to be under 20 to appreciate the beauty of its design.
I see YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, and Facebook on the side bar. Where the fuck is LinkedIn?
I tried Flock last year.......not impressed. Unless you are really, really in to the social networking stuff, I don't see the appeal.