Flock’s latest Beta 2.0 version is built on the latest Firefox 3 technology allowing browsers to use the Internet with an interactive web browser that is more than that. It is a social networking/workplace/browser application that combines the power of these three and more for ease of use.
For instance you can use the inbuilt clipboard and save images and links for later use which comes handy when you work with several applications at once.
You can also open your previously set up blog editors right from within the sidebar of Flock 2.0 Beta. This can be a nifty time saving feature and with their increased security, it should be safe enough to use.
Flock 2.0 Beta also supports a people tab which allows you to share anything of worth with your online social networking friends.
You can drag and drop photos, feeds and videos, as well as text from webpages and the media minibar and share all this with them.
If you are logged into any of the supported profiles you can even send instant messages to and from.
On the right you see all the supported social media sites that can be directly accessed from within Flock’s 2.0 Beta sidebar.
Also, email accounts like Gmail, AOL mail and Yahoo mail are supported, saving you heaps of time by not having to open various windows and logging into each application individually.
A really cool feature is their feed support. On the click of a button you can see common site feeds as well as import your own OPM file from Google or Bloglines (or any other feed readers).
Flock 2.0 Beta also supports tabbed browsing allowing you to browse multiple sites at once.
If you browse a site that supports media streams the orange media button will highlight to the left of your browser. If you click it you can choose to import the available media streams into your browser.
All in all, I’m a lot more impressed with Flock’s 2.0 Beta release than I have been with their first one last year. Although I had a look I wasn’t impressed enough to give them a serious go.
This version however is a little different and knowing that they buddied up with Firefox 3 version makes it all the more tempting for sure.
It loads fast enough and I didn’t find it to be slower than Firefox itself. Plus you can incorporate all your existing settings when you first download to get you off to a great start.
There is way more in Flock 2.0 Beta than I have covered here, but to experience the features you are best off to become a Flock 2.0 Beta Test Pilot yourself.
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