Flock 0.9 - My browser of choice

I can almost hear you saying "Why do I need another browser?" to your computer monitor. First, don't talk to your computer, people will think that you're weird. Second, technically you don't need another browser, unless you like to blog or use any of the cool social Web services that all the kids are into.

Flock has been my primary Web browser for almost two years and I recommend it to anyone who'll listen.

My ZDNet colleague Marc Orchant deftly points out that Flock:

incorporates service discoverability, blogging integration, a variety of search engines and capabilities, a completely clever media bar that displays photos and video from Flickr, PhotoBucket, YouTube, and MySpace, and an integrated RSS reader.

And that’s just the top-level feature list.

Amen.

Flock's tagline is "the social Web browser" for good reason. If you happen to use any of the above social Web services, then there's something in Flock for you. The primary reason I've stuck with Flock for so long is its ease of blogging.

Once you've set up your blog(s) in Flock's Accounts & Services preference, you can simply highlight some text on any Web page and select "Blog this" from the contextual menu. A few clicks later your blog entry is posted with attribution and a link back to the source. That feature alone is worth the price of admission to a professional blogger.

The jump from version 0.7 to 0.9 is a chasm and beyond the scope of this post. If you're interested in a full scale review of Flock 0.9 I recommend that you read Paul Stamatiou's. It's an excellent read.